DACTYLOZOOID

dactylozooid: translation

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.

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