| 释义 |
palpon Zool.|ˈpælpən|
[mod. f. L. palp-us feeler, after siphon.]
An individual member of a siphonophoran colony developed as a feeler; a dactylozooid.
1888Haeckel in Challenger Rep., Zool. XXVIII. 16 Palpons or Tasters... These are always simple, thin-walled, very contractile sacs, in which the proximal portion communicates with the cavity of the stem, while the distal end is closed. 1898Sedgwick Stud. Text-bk. Zool. I. 138 The structures called palpons (hydrocysts, dactylozooids) are to be looked upon as mouthless manubria of medusoids. |