English Explanatory Dictionary

sporosac

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hydrozoan reproductive zooid or simple form of gonophore which does not become medusoid in form or structure
  2. An early or simple larval stage of trematode worms and some other invertebrates, which is capable of reproducing other germ cells by asexual generation; a redia.

Word forms

sporosac sporosacs

Etymology

From sporo- + sac.

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