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trophosome

trophosome noun: the group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan.

Noun

trophosome (plural trophosomes)

  1. The group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan.
  2. The mass of chemolithoautotrophic bacteria in a pogonophoran that metabolizes sulfide.
  3. An organ found in some animals, located in the coelomic cavity, that houses symbiotic bacteria, which in turn provide nutrients to the host animal.

Forms of trophosome

pluraltrophosomes

Origin of trophosome

From tropho- + -some.

Words formed from trophosome

Questions about trophosome

What does trophosome mean?
Trophosome means the group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan.
What part of speech is trophosome?
Trophosome is a noun.
What is the plural of trophosome?
The plural of trophosome is trophosomes.

Words near trophosome in the dictionary

  1. trophoplasmic
  2. trophoplasms
  3. trophoplast
  4. trophoplasts
  5. trophosomal
  6. trophosome
  7. trophosomes
  8. trophospecies
  9. trophosperm
  10. trophosperms
  11. trophotherapy

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