- palpon
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see dactylozooid.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
palpon
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palpon — pal·pon … English syllables
palpon — ˈpalˌpän noun ( s) Etymology: probably from palp (II) + siphon : a hollow dactylozooid of some siphonophores that resembles a tentacle … Useful english dictionary
dactylozooid — n. [Gr. daktylos, finger; zoon, animal] (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) In colonial hydrozoans, a hydroid modified for protection and the capture of prey; protective polyp, zooid or machozooid; a hydrocyst; a palpon; see tentaculozooid, gastrozooid … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
