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hydrosome Zool.|ˈhaɪdrəʊsəʊm|
Also in Lat. form hydrosoma.
[ad. mod.L. hydrosōma, f. hydra + Gr. σῶµα body.]
The entire body of any hydrozoan, esp. that of a colonial hydrozoan consisting of a number of zooids connected by a cœnosarc.
1861J. R. Greene Man. Anim. Kingd., Cœlent. 57 The branching hydrosoma of the complete organism, with its crowded assemblage of polypites. 1871T. R. Jones Anim. Kingd. (ed. 4) 62 Minute gemmules or buds are developed from the common substance of the body (hydrosome). 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iii. 129 The Hydrophora are, in all cases but that of Hydra, fixed ramified hydrosomes, on which many hydranths and gonophores are developed.
Hence hydroˈsomal, hydroˈsomatous adjs., of or belonging to a hydrosome.
1877Huxley Anat. Inv. Anim. iii. 166 The first formed hydrosomal expansion is completed. |