hormogonium
Meanings
noun
- A small, motile filament, formed by some cyanobacteria, that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “first movements”) + -gonium.
Synonyms
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