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Definition of Trophosome

1. n. The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids.

Definition of Trophosome

1. Noun. (biology) The group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan ¹

2. Noun. (biology) The mass of chemolithoautotrophic bacteria in a pogonophoran that metabolizes sulfide ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Trophosome

1. The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids. Origin: Gr. A feeder + -some body. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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