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gonocyst

gonocyst noun: a membrane around the spermatogonia in the male gonads.

Noun

gonocyst (plural gonocysts)

  1. A membrane around the spermatogonia in the male gonads.
    • The spermatogonia continue to reside in the gonocyst and form spermatocyte, which begins to increase in size.2013, Rabindra N. Chatterjee, Lucas Sanchez, Genome Analysis in Eukaryotes, page 71
  2. An expansion of the zoarium in which multiple embryos develop.
    • Ovicell in the form of a pyramidal hemispherical sac ( gonocyst ) with a terminal oeciostome, formed on the coalesced distal cells, Axis of the ovicell parallel to the axis of the cells.1972, I͡Uriĭ Aleksandrovich Orlov, Fundamentals of Paleontology: Bryozoa, page 76

Forms of gonocyst

pluralgonocysts

Origin of gonocyst

From gono- + cyst.

Questions about gonocyst

What does gonocyst mean?
Gonocyst means a membrane around the spermatogonia in the male gonads.
What part of speech is gonocyst?
Gonocyst is a noun.
What is the plural of gonocyst?
The plural of gonocyst is gonocysts.

Words near gonocyst in the dictionary

  1. gonocondyles
  2. gonocoxite
  3. gonocoxites
  4. gonocoxopodite
  5. gonocoxopodites
  6. gonocyst
  7. gonocysts
  8. gonocyte
  9. gonocytes
  10. gonodactylid
  11. gonodactylids

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