trophosome (English, noun)
expansion: trophosome (plural trophosomes)
Senses:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The mass of chemolithoautotrophic bacteria in a pogonophoran that metabolizes sulfide.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: An organ found in some animals, located in the coelomic cavity, that houses symbiotic bacteria, which in turn provide nutrients to the host animal.
Forms:
form: trophosomes
tags: plural