† porodinicadj.
Zoology. Obsolete. rare.
In E. R. Lankester's terminology: designating a coelomate animal having a pore through which gametes are discharged.
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1883 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 682/1 (note) Cœlomate animals are, according to this nomenclature, either Schizodinic or Porodinic. The Porodinic group is divisible into Nephrodinic and Idiodinic, in the former the nephridium serving as a pore, in the latter a special (ἴδιος) pore being developed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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