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gonidiogenous (gonid'ioj'enus) a. [Gk. 

 dim. of gone, seed ; genos, offspring.] 

 Bearing or producing gonidia ; 

 gonidiferous (bot.). 



gonidioid (gonid'ioid) a. [Gk. dim. 

 of gone, seed ; et'dos, resemblance.] 

 Like a gonidium ; appl. certain 

 Algae (Sot.). 



gonidiophore (gonid'iofor) n. [Gk. 

 dim. of gone, seed ; pherein, to bear.] 

 An aerial hypha supporting a goni- 

 dangium (bot.). 



gonidiophyll (gonid'iofil) n. [Gk. 

 dim. of gone, seed ; phyllon, leaf.] 

 A gametophyte leaf bearing gonidia 

 (dot.). 



gonimium (gSmm'ium) n. [Gk. 

 gonimos, productive.] A bluish- 

 green gonidium of certain Lichens 

 (bot.). 



gonimoblasts (gon'imoblasts) n. plu. 

 [Gk. gonimos, productive ; blastos, 

 bud.] Filamentous outgrowths of 

 a fertilized carpogonium of certain 

 Algae (dot). 



gonion (go'nlon) n. [Gk. gonia, angle.] 

 The angle point on the lower jaw 

 (anat.). 



gonoblast (gon'oblast) n. [Gk. gonos, 

 offspring ; blastos, bud.] A repro- 

 ductive cell (zool.). 



gonoblastid (gSn'oblas'tid) n. [Gk. 

 gonos, offspring ; blastos, bud.J A 

 blastostyle of Hydrozoa (zool.). 



gonocalyx (gSn'oka'liks) n. [Gk. 



finos, offspring ; kalyx, a cup.] 

 he bell of a medusiform gonophore 

 (zool.). 



gonocheme (gSn'okem) n. [Gk. gonos, 

 offspring ; ochema, support] A 

 medusoid bearing sex-cells in the 

 Hydrozoa (zool.). 



gonochorism (gon'oko'rizm) n. [Gk. 

 gonos, offspring ; chorisein, to 

 divide.] The history or develop- 

 ment of sex distinction. 



gonocoele (g6n'6sel) n. [Gk. gone, 

 seed ; koilos, hollow.] The cavity 

 containing the gonads (zool.). 



gonocytes (gon'oslts) n. plu. [Gk. 

 gone, seed ; kytos, hollow.] Sexual 

 cells of Sponges ; the mother-cells 

 of ova and spermatozoa (zool.). 



gonodendron (gon'6d6n'dron) n. [Gk. 

 gonos, offspring ; dendron, tree.] 

 A branching blastostyle in Physalia 

 (zool.). 



gonoduct (gon'odiikt') n., see gona- 

 duct. 



gonophore (gon'ofor) n. [Gk. gone, 

 seed ; pherein, to bear.] An elonga- 

 tion of the thalamus between corolla 

 and stamens (bot.) ; a reproductive 

 zooid in a hydroid colony (zool.). 



gonoplasm (gon'oplazm) n. [Gk. gone, 

 seed ; plasma, something moulded.] 

 The generative part of protoplasm 

 (cyt.). 



gonopore (gon'opor) n. [Gk. gone, 

 seed ; poros, channel.] The repro- 

 ductive aperture of female Nema- 

 todes (zool.). 



gonosome (gon'osom) n. [Gk. gone t 

 seed ; soma, body.] All the repro- 

 ductive zooids of a hydrozoan 

 colony (zool.). 



gonosphaerium (gon'osfe'rium) n. 

 [Gk. gone, seed ; sphaira, globe.] 

 An oosphere (bot.). 



gonostyle (gon'ostll) n. [Gk. gone, 

 seed ; stylos, pillar.] The blasto- 

 style ; sexual palpon or siphon of 

 Siphonophora (zool.). 



gonotheca (gSn'othe'ka) n. [Gk. gone, 

 seed ; theke, cup.] A transparent 

 protective expansion of the perisarc 

 round a blastostyle or gonophore 

 (zool.). 



gonotome (gon'otom) n. [Gk. gone, 

 seed ; temnein, to cut.] An embry- 

 onic segment containing the pri- 

 mordium of the gonad, comparable 

 to a nephrotome (smb.). 



gonozooid (gon'b'zd'oid) n. [Gk. gone, 

 seed ; zoon, animal ; eidos, resem- 

 blance.] A gonophore or repro- 

 ductive individual of a hydrozoan 

 colony; a zooid containing a gonad 

 (zool.). 



gonydial (gonld'ial) a. [Gk. genys, 

 lower jaw.] Pert, a gonys (zool.). 



gonys (gon'is) n. [Gk. genys, lower 

 jaw.] The lower part of a bird's 

 bill (zool.). 



Graaflan (graf'Ian, graf'ian) follicle, 

 a vesicular spherical capsule sur- 

 rounding an ovum, the cells of the 

 capsule being morphologically equal 

 to the ovum ; an ovisac with de- 

 veloping ova. 



gracllis (gras'ilis) n. [L. gracilis, 

 slender.] A superficial muscle of 

 the thigh (anat.). 



graduated (grad'uatgd) a. [L. gradus^ 



