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Definition of Gonophore
1. n. A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.
Definition of Gonophore
1. Noun. (botany) An elongated receptacle above the corolla to elevate the stamens and carpels. ¹
2. Noun. (zoology) A medusoid bud on a hydroid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gonophore
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Medical Definition of Gonophore
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gonophore
Literary usage of Gonophore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Zoology by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1870)
"The gonophore, thus constituted, may remain permanently attached to the ...
The gonophore is now free, and behaves in every respect as an independent being. ..."
2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1864)
"5 A), we shall find that in the former we have a manubrium in the form of a more,
or less elongated tubular body occupying the axis of the gonophore. ..."
3. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"fication of the gonophore, the reduction of the high organisation of the ...
of the gonophore; the outer layers, separated from the inner by a space, ..."
4. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1864)
"5 A), we shall find that in the former we have a manubrium in the form of a more
or less elongated tubular body occupying the axis of the gonophore. ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"The gonophore* of different hydroids differ greatly in structure from one another,
... The gonophore is now reduced to its simplest condition, ..."
6. Morphology of Invertebrate Types by Alexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch (1916)
"The blasto- style or modified polyp develops a gonophore which appears as an ...
At the distal end of the gonophore a cuticle is produced and the end of the ..."
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