• (n.) A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel.
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Mec`o·nid'i·um noun [ New Latin , dim. of Greek ... a poppy. So called in allusion to the shape of the seed capsules of the poppy.]
(Zoology) A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus
Gonothyræa . It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a free medusa, but remains atta...
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