- gastrozooid
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gastrozooid — n. [Gr. gaster, stomach; zoon, animal] (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) In some colonial cnidarians, a hydroid modified for feeding and digestion, also called siphons; in most species, they fulfill the defensive functions of the colony; see dactylozooid … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
gastrozooid — |gastrə+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary gastr + zooid : a zooid provided with a mouth and digestive organs : trophozooid … Useful english dictionary
Portuguese Man o' War — This article is about the marine invertebrate. For other uses, see Man O War (disambiguation). Portuguese Man o War Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
conarium — n.; pl. aria [L. conus, cone] (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) The earliest larva known that becomes a primary gastrozooid, and later develops an enlarged pneumatophore … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cormidium — n.; pl. cormidia [Gr. dim. kormos, trunk of a tree] (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) A siphonophore gastrozooid with a tentacle and one or more gonophores of one sex; sensu stricto, cormidia are colonies within colonies; see eudoxome … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dactylozooid — n. [Gr. daktylos, finger; zoon, animal] (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) In colonial hydrozoans, a hydroid modified for protection and the capture of prey; protective polyp, zooid or machozooid; a hydrocyst; a palpon; see tentaculozooid, gastrozooid … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
siphons — see gastrozooid … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
tentaculozooid — n. [L. tentaculum, feeler; Gr. zoon, animal; eidos, form] (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) A modified polyp in the form of a single tentacle, usually found at the outermost part of the colony; a protective zooid; see tentaculozooid, gastrozooid … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
trophozooid — see gastrozooid … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Portuguese man-of-war — any of several large, oceanic hydrozoans of the genus Physalia, having a large, bladderlike structure with a saillike crest by which they are buoyed up and from which dangle tentacles with stinging cells. [1700 10] * * * Any of various floating,… … Universalium
