rhopalium
English
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek ῥοπαλιον (rhopalion), diminutive of ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club”)
Noun
rhopalium (plural rhopalia)
- (zoology) One of the marginal sensory bodies of medusae belonging to the Discophora
Related terms
- rhopalial
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 rhopalium in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)