"statoblast" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: statoblasts [plural]
Etymology: From stato- + -blast. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|stato|blast}} stato- + -blast Head templates: {{en-noun}} statoblast (plural statoblasts)
  1. (zoology) A kind of bud, or pod of cells, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa. As they develop they grow a hard shell and are usually destined to perpetuate the species, bursting open and developing. Translations (pod of cells to reproduce Bryozoa): statoplasti (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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