sporosac

English

Etymology

sporo- +‎ sac

Noun

sporosac (plural sporosacs)

  1. (botany) A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or simple form of gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or structure
  2. (zoology) An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable of reproducing other germ cells by asexual generation; a redia.
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