ˈstad.əˌblast noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary stato- + -blast
1. : a bud or germ in many freshwater bryozoans that is enclosed in a chitinous envelope in the parent body, generally serves to preserve the species in winter, and bursts and develops into a new individual in spring
2. : an internal bud in some sponges that is somewhat analogous to the statoblast of a bryozoan : gemmule