kenozooid

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• kenozooid — n. [Gr. kenos, empty; zoon, animal; eidos, like] (BRYOZOA) 1. In Stenolaemata, a polymorph without a lophophore, gut, muscles, and orifice. 2. In Gymnolaemata, a polymorph without an orificial wall or equivalent, lophophore, alimentary canal, and …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• stolon — n. [L. stolo, a branch] 1. (ANNELIDA) Individuals that are budded or fragmented asexually off of other individuals. 2. (BRYOZOA: Stenolaemata) In Stolonifera, a tubular kenozooid or extension of an autozooid from which autozooids are budded. 3.… …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• stoloniferan — n. [L. stolo, a branch; ferre, to bear] (BRYOZOA: Stenolaemata) An autozooid budded from a single kenozooid …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology