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gonangium

American

[goh-nan-jee-uhm] / goʊˈnæn dʒi əm /

noun

PLURAL

gonangia, gonangiums

a reproductive polyp of a colonial hydroid, giving rise asexually to medusa buds.

Other Word Forms

gonangial adjective

Etymology

Origin of gonangium

1870–75; < New Latin, equivalent to gon- gon- + Greek angeîon vessel, reservoir; -ium

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