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statoblast
statoblast n. 
/ˈstatə(ʊ)blast/,
Brit. /ˈstatə(ʊ)blɑːst/
, /ˈstatə(ʊ)blɑːst//ˈstatə(ʊ)blast/U.S. /ˈstædəˌblæst/
a reproductive gemmule in some sponges and bryozoans, liberated after the death of the parent organism./ˈstædəˌblæst/ΘΚΠ
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statoblast1855
winter bud1856
1855 G. J. Allman in Rep. Brit. Assoc. ii. 118 To the bodies in question, the author proposed to give the name of statoblasts.
1882 Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 327 Statoblasts of Spongilla.
1940 Trans. Amer. Microsc. Soc. 59 190 (caption) A ventral view of a floating Hyallinella punctata statoblast showing the slight encroachment of the float upon the capsule.
2003 R. E. Dunmur tr. P. Ax Multicellular Animals III. 74 (caption) Statoblast with chambered, air-filled annulus acting as a float.
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