gonosome

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English

Etymology

From gono- +‎ -some.

Noun

gonosome (plural gonosomes)

  1. (zoology) The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively.
  2. Synonym of sex chromosome.

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “gonosome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From gono- +‎ -some.

Noun

gonosome m (plural gonosomes)

  1. (genetics) Synonym of allosome
  2. (zoology) gonosome

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