English Explanatory Dictionary

stichosome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A multicellular organ, very prominent in some stages of nematodes, consisting of a longitudinal series of stichocytes, and believed to be a secretory gland and storage organ.

Word forms

stichosome stichosomes

Etymology

From sticho- + -some (“body”).

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