peronium
/pəˈrəʊnɪəm/Zoology
noun
In certain hydromedusae: a tentacle formed by an extension of the umbrellar ectoderm and lacking mesogloea. Usually in plural.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Science. From ancient Greek περόνη fibula, brooch + scientific Latin -ium, apparently after German Mantelspange, lit. ‘cloak pin’.
- ladies cushion
- ladies' cushion
- ladies' delight
- ladies' fair
- ladies' fingers
- ladies' gallery
- ladies' lounge
- ladies' man
- Ladies' Mile
- ladies' night
- ladies' room
- ladies' school
- ladies' seminary
- ladies' thimbles
- ladies thistle
- ladies' thistle
- ladies' tresses
- ladies' wear
- ladies who lunch
- ladified
- ladify
- ladily
- Ladin
- lading
- ladino