Meconidium
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Meconidium is a noun meaning (zoology) A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea (Campanulariidae), having tentacles, and otherwise resembling a free medusa, but remaining attached by a pedicel.
Meaning
(zoology) A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea (Campanulariidae), having tentacles, and otherwise resembling a free medusa, but remaining attached by a pedicel.
Word Forms
- meconidia
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gonophore, cryptomedusoid, entocodon, oncomiracidium, mesotheca, planoblast.
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