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Definition of Meconidium
Meconidium Meconidium Mec`o*nid"i*um, n. [NL., dim. of Gr. ? a poppy. So
called in allusion to the shape of the seed capsules of the
poppy.] (Zo["o]l.)
A kind of gonophore produced by hydroids of the genus
Gonothyr[ae]a. It has tentacles, and otherwise resembles a
free medusa, but remains attached by a pedicel.
- P. sect. Meconella, MeconopsisClade 2. P. sect. Carinatae, P. sect. Meconidium, P. sect. Oxytona, P. sect. Papaver, P. sect. Pilosa, P. sect. Pseudopilosa...
