TROPHOSOME


Meaning of TROPHOSOME in English

-ˌsōm noun

( -s )

Etymology: troph- + -some

1. : the nutritive zooids of a hydroid — compare gonosome

2. : a storage organ in an adult mermithid worm consisting of the fat-filled syncytial remains of the intestine

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