(n.) A sexual zooid produced as a medusoid bud upon a hydroid, sometimes becoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.
(n.) A lengthened receptacle, bearing the stamens and carpels in a conspicuous manner.
Example Sentences:
(1) On the basis of the findings of their investigation of the embryogenesis of the female genital tract, the authors advance a hypothesis concerning the origin of ambiguities between the genetic sex and the gonophoric sex which determine primary sexual characteristics observed in Morris' syndrome and in gonadoblastoma.
Medusoid
Definition:
(a.) Like a medusa; having the fundamental structure of a medusa, but without a locomotive disk; -- said of the sessile gonophores of hydroids.
(n.) A sessile gonophore. See Illust. under Gonosome.
Example Sentences:
(1) We investigated a case of maxillary sinus infection caused by the medusoid mutant of the basidiomycetous fungus Schizophyllum commune.
(2) The strobila, specificially the ephyra, is a mixture of both polypoid and medusoid response types.
(3) Perhaps in the stem lineage of the Bilateria a hydroid-like or medusoid-like ancestor fell over on one side onto a substrate (pleurothetism).
(4) Distinct patterns identified in the order of frequency are adenoid (six), solid (three), and medusoid (two).
(5) Therefore, the ephyra is a mixture of polypoid and medusoid behaviors.
(6) Hyalinized connective tissue and clear cells reminiscent of hair follicle glassy membranes and outer root sheath were present in a solid and the medusoid tumors.
(7) Morphologies of both typical and medusoid forms of S. commune were determined.
(8) Swimming in the ephyra is a medusoid behavior but feeding and spasm are coordinated by the DNN and are polypoid responses.