TROPHOSOME

Meaning of TROPHOSOME in English

noun the nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids.

Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

TROPHOSOME — -ˌsōm noun ( -s ) Etymology: troph- + -some 1. : the nutritive zooids of a hydroid — compare gonosome …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROPHOSOME — (n.) The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids.
Английский словарь Webster
TROPHOSOME — ( n. ) The nutritive zooids of a hydroid, collectively, as distinguished from the gonosome, or reproductive zooids.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TROPHOSOME — /trof"euh sohm', troh"feuh-/ , n. Zool. 1. an organ in deep-sea tube worms that is colonized by bacteria supplying the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GONOSOME — ˈgänəˌsōm noun ( -s ) Etymology: gon- + -some : the totality of reproductive zooids of a hydroid — compare …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROPHO- — a combining form meaning "nourishment," used in the formation of compound words: trophosome. Also, esp. before a vowel, troph- . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary