trophosome

English

Etymology

tropho- +‎ -some

Noun

trophosome (plural trophosomes)

  1. (biology) The group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan.
  2. (biology) The mass of chemolithoautotrophic bacteria in a pogonophoran that metabolizes sulfide.
  3. (anatomy) An organ found in some animals, located in the coelomic cavity, that houses symbiotic bacteria, which in turn provide nutrients to the host animal.

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