cormusn.
1. = corm n.1
2. Haeckel's name for the common stock of a plant or ‘colonial’ animal, bearing a number of individuals which originate by gemmation or budding; as applied to animals it is equivalent to polypidom.
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1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 93 Colonies (cormi) are formed from single animals by gemmation.
1880 A. S. Packard Zool. (1881) 181 A cormus, polyzoarium or polyzoon stock is formed by the budding of numerous cells from the one first formed.
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n.1878- protoplot
- protopod
- protopodial
- protopodite
- protopoditic
- protopodium
- protopods
- protopoet
- protopolynesian
- protopope
- protoporcelain
- protoporphyria
- protoporphyrin
- protoporphyrin ix
- protoporphyrins
- protopresbyter
- protoprimitive
- protoprism
- protoproteose
- protoprotestant
- protopter
- protopteran
- protopterous
- protopterus
- protopterygian