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androphore|ˈændrəfɔə(r)|
[ad. mod.L. androphor-um (Mirbel), f. Gr. ἀνδρο- male + ϕόρος bearing, f. ϕερ- bear.]
1. Bot. A name applied by some to the column formed by the united filaments in monadelphous plants, or a more or less columnar portion of the receptacle bearing several anthers.
1821S. Gray Arr. Brit. Pl. I. 142 Androphore, Androphora, Filaments soldered together in one or more bundles. 1870Bentley Bot. 250 When the union takes place so as to form a tube or column, the term androphore has been applied to the column thus formed.
2. Zool. The male gonophore of certain of the Physaphoridæ.
1861J. Greene Cœlent. 53 Androphore of the same Condylophora, its contents escaping. 1877Huxley Anat. Inv. An. iii. 143 The groups of male and female gonophores..(androphores and gynophores). |