adelocodonic
adjective
ade·lo·co·don·ic
ə-¦dē-lə-kə-¦dä-nik,
¦a-də-(ˌ)lō-
zoology
: remaining attached and developing no umbrella —used of sexual zooids of certain hydroids —opposed to phanerocodonic
Word History
Etymology
adel- + Greek kōdōn bell + English -ic
First Known Use
1864, in the meaning defined above