Gonangium

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gonangium \Go`nan*gi"um\, n.; pl. L. {Gonangia}, E.
     {Gonangiums}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? offspring + ? vessel.] (Zool.)
     See {Gonotheca}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Gonotheca \Gon`o*the"ca\, n.; pl. {Gonothec?}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?
     offspring + ? box.] (Zool.)
     A capsule developed on certain hydroids ({Thecaphora}),
     inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or
     gonophores are developed; -- called also {gonangium}, and
     {teleophore}. See {Hydroidea}, and Illust. of
     {Campanularian}.
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