- nematophore
- nematophore /nemˈə-tō-fōr or -för/nounA mouthless type of hydrozoan polyp that engulfs food by pseudopodiaORIGIN: Gr nēma, -atos thread, and phoros carrying
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Plumularioidea — Taxobox name = Plumularioidea image width = 240px image caption = Aglaophenia species (Aglaopheniidae) regnum = Animalia subregnum = Eumetazoa phylum = Cnidaria subphylum = Medusozoa classis = Hydrozoa subclassis = Leptolinae ordo = Leptomedusae… … Wikipedia
sarcostyle — n. [Gr. sarx, flesh; stylos, pillar] (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) The dactylozooid on a column; nematophore … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
