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phyˈlactocarp Zool.
[f. Gr. ϕυλακτός, vbl. adj. f. ϕυλάσσειν to guard + καρπός fruit.]
A ‘fruit-case’; a receptacle in certain hydroids protecting the gonothecæ. Hence phylactoˈcarpal a.
1883Allman in Challenger Rep. VII. iii. 10 The term phylactocarp may be used as a..general expression for the various forms under which the apparatus destined for the protection of the gonangia shows itself in the phylactocarpal Plumularidæ... The commonest and longest known form of phylactocarp is the corbula of Aglaophenia. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 759. |