gemmipara

American  

[je-mip-er-uh] / dʒɛˈmɪp ər ə /

Also gemmipares

plural noun

1. gemmiparous animals, as hydra.

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Etymology

Origin of gemmipara

gemm(a) + -i- + New Latin -para, derivative of Latin parere to bear

Example Sentences

See also the curious Begonia gemmipara, 'Hook. fil.

From Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants by Masters, Maxwell T.

Quite recently, another mode of budding has been described in Trypanosyllis gemmipara, where a crowd of some fifty buds arising symmetrically are produced at the tail end of the worm.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various

Ueber Podophrya gemmipara, nebst Bemerkungen zum Bau u. d. systemat.

From Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission 21:415-468, 1901 by Calkins, Gary N. (Gary Nathan)

Podophrya gemmipara, an Acinetan, in the adult condition is attached by a long stalk, while the free end, at which is the mouth, is provided with suctorial tentacles.

From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar