anthocaulus
noun
an·tho·cau·lus
plural anthocauli
-ˌlī
: the stalklike basal portion of the zooid in certain solitary corals from which the oral portion is pinched off to form a new zooid
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from anth- entry 1 + Greek kaulos stem
- by numbers
- by one's lonesome
- by one's own account
- by one's own admission
- by one's own bootstraps
- by one's own hand
- by oneself
- by ourselves
- by popular demand
- by prescription
- by reason of
- by request
- by return
- by return mail
- by return of post
- by right
- by rights
- by sea
- by sight
- by some distance
- by some miracle
- by someone's reckoning
- by stealth
- by step
- by storm