Phylactocarp

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

  Phylactocarp \Phy*lac"to*carp\, n. [Gr. fyla`ssein to guard +
     karpo`s fruit.] (Zool.)
     A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in
     structure for the protection of the gonothec[ae].
     [1913 Webster] Phylactolaema