| 单词 |
meconidium |
| 释义 |
‖ meconidium|miːkəʊˈnɪdɪəm| pl. -ia. [mod.L., as if ad. Gr. *µηκωνίδιον, dim. of µήκων poppy. For the reason for the name see quot. 1871; the dim. termination was suggested by gonidium, biastidium, etc.] One of the fixed medusoid buds produced by certain Hydroids, which contain the reproductive elements; a gonophore.
1849Allman in Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. iii. IV. 137 The extra-capsular medusiform sporosacs (‘meconidia’) of Laomedea. 1871― Gymnobl. Hydroids Introd. 16 Meconidium, peculiar sporosacs, somewhat resembling a poppy capsule in form. 1884Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) I. 85 The cavity of the blastostyle is directly continuous with a central cavity in this meconidium. |

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