statoblast
/ˈstatə(ʊ)blast
/noun Zoology
(In bryozoans) a resistant reproductive body produced asexually.Horse-shoe shaped lophophore… No fossil record except for a few statoblasts (resistant wintering structures) from Quaternary sediments....
- These cell masses, known as statoblasts, remain dormant for some time and can withstand drying and freezing; when conditions are favorable, the statoblasts germinates and forms a new zooid.
- Genetic changes within freshwater bryozoan populations suggest temporal gene flow from statoblast banks
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- get busy
- get by
- get cracking
- get down
- get down to
- get down to brass tacks
- get down to business
- get-go
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- get hitched
- get hold of
- get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick
- Gethsemane, Garden of
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- get knotted
- get laid