'Teleophore' definitions:
Definition of 'Teleophore'
From: GCIDE
- Teleophore \Te"le*o*phore`\, n. [Gr. teleos complete + fe`rein to bear.] (Zool.) Same as Gonotheca. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'teleophore'
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]