medusoid
Britishadjective
noun
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Animals in this class are polymorphs, and most exhibit both polypoid and medusoid forms in their life cycle, although this is variable.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Polyp forms then transform into the medusoid forms.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Successfully quilting a working medusoid genome that codes for a hodgepodge of rat heart cells and light-sensitive neurons is beyond current capabilities.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 25, 2012
Optegenetics alone is not adequate to make a free-swimming medusoid respond to light with meaningful behaviors.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 25, 2012
The sexual cells of the medusoid lie in the endoderm on interradii, that is, on the second set of radii accentuated in the course of development.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various
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