hydrosomen.
/ˈhʌɪdrəʊsəʊm/ Zoology.
The entire body of any hydrozoan, esp. that of a colonial hydrozoan consisting of a number of zooids connected by a cœnosarc.
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hydrosome1861
1861 J. R. Greene Man. Animal Kingdom II. 57 The branching hydrosoma of the complete organism, with its crowded assemblage of polypites.
1871 T. R. Jones Gen. Outl. Animal Kingdom (ed. 4) v. 62 Minute gemmules or buds are developed from the common substance of the body (hydrosome).
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 129 The Hydrophora are, in all cases but that of Hydra, fixed ramified hydrosomes, on which many hydranths and gonophores are developed.
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hydroˈsomal adj.
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hydrosomal1877
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 166 The first formed hydrosomal expansion is completed.
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hydroˈsomatous adj. of or belonging to a hydrosome.
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