meconidium

Meaning

Noun

A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus Gonothyraea (genus) (Campanulariidae (family)), having tentacles, and otherwise resembling a free medusa, but remaining attached by a pedicel.

Origin

Diminutive of Ancient Greek μήκων, in allusion to the shape of the seed capsules of the poppy.

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