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gonocysts

gonocysts is the plural of gonocyst.

Meaning of gonocyst

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

Questions about gonocysts

What is gonocysts the plural of?
Gonocysts is the plural of gonocyst.

Words near gonocysts in the dictionary

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

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