'Gonangium' definitions:
Definition of 'Gonangium'
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- Gonangium \Go`nan*gi"um\, n.; pl. L. Gonangia, E. Gonangiums. [NL., fr. Gr. ? offspring + ? vessel.] (Zool.) See Gonotheca. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'gonangium'
From: GCIDE
- Gonotheca \Gon`o*the"ca\, n.; pl. {Gonothec?}. [NL., fr. Gr. ? offspring + ? box.] (Zool.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian. [1913 Webster]