gonophore
/gon-uh-fawr, -fohr/US // ˈgɒn əˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr //UK // (ˈɡɒnəʊˌfɔː) //
喷头,水母,水螅体,水母座
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Zoology.
- : an asexually produced bud in hydrozoans that gives rise to the equivalent of a medusa.
Examples
The medusae may be set free or may remain attached to the polyp-colony and degenerate into a gonophore.
The eudoxome (Calycophorida), consisting of a bract, siphon, tentacle and gonophore; when free it is known as Eudoxia.
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