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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the special cell or chain of cells in certain algæ which bears the trichogyne. See
Florideæ . - noun In zoology, a process of the integument of certain annelids, as Polychæta, within which are developed the peculiar chitinous setæ of the parapodia, and which incloses the bases of the pencil-like bundles of setæ (whence the name). See cut under
pygidium .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The special cell in red algæ which produces or bears a trichogyne. See
Illust. oftrichogyne . - noun (Zoöl.) One of the saclike organs from which the setæ of annelids arise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany The special
cell inred algae which produces or bears atrichogyne . - noun zoology One of the
sac -likeorgans from which thesetae ofannelids arise.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek hair + to bear.
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