Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, noting the condition of a gonophore when no developed umbrella is present.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Zoöl.) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; -- opposed to
phanerocodonic .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective zoology Applied to sexual
zooids ofhydroids , that have asaclike form and do not become free; opposed tophanerocodonic .
Etymologies
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Greek invisible + a bell.
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