gonosome
English
Etymology
gono- + -some
Noun
gonosome (plural gonosomes)
- (zoology) The reproductive zooids of a hydroid colony, collectively.
- A synonym for sex chromosome.
Derived terms
- gonosomal
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Anagrams
- mongoose
French
Etymology
gono- + -some
Noun
gonosome m (plural gonosomes)
- (genetics) Synonym of allosome
- (zoology) gonosome
Further reading
- “gonosome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.