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gonidia

gonidia is the plural of gonidium.

Meaning of gonidium

Noun (1)

gonidium (plural gonidia)

  1. A photosynthetic algal cell in the thallus of a lichen; a similar asexual reproductive cell in some algae.

Noun (2)

gonidium (plural gonidia)

  1. A special groove or furrow at one or both angles of the mouth of many Anthozoa.

Questions about gonidia

What is gonidia the plural of?
Gonidia is the plural of gonidium.

Words near gonidia in the dictionary

  1. Gonic
  2. gonid
  3. gonidangia
  4. gonidangial
  5. gonidangium
  6. gonidia
  7. gonidial
  8. gonidial layer
  9. gonidic
  10. gonidioid
  11. gonidiophore

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