rhombogen
/ˈrɒmbədʒ(ə)n/Zoology
noun
In certain mesozoans: a sexual adult form which gives rise to a free-living infusoriform larva.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Francis Maitland Balfour (1851–1882), comparative embryologist and morphologist. From rhombo- + -gen, after French rhombogène.
- pale brindled beauty
- pale clouded yellow
- pale-coloured
- pale crepe
- pale crêpe
- paleencephalon
- paleface
- pale-faced
- Paleian
- paleic
- paleichthyological
- paleichthyologist
- paleichthyology
- pale into insignificance
- Palekh
- pale laurel
- palely
- paleman
- Palembang
- paleness
- pale November moth
- Palenque
- paleo-
- paleoanthropic
- paleoanthropology