blastostyle

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noun

In certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid whose special function is to produce medusoid buds.

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Meanings

nounblastostyle (plural blastostyles)

plural blastostyles

  1. biologyIn certain hydroids, an imperfect zooid whose special function is to produce medusoid buds.

    the gonophores arise as hernia-like protrusions from the blastostyle.

    1915, Charles Cleveland Nutting, American Hydroids: The Campanularidae and the Bonneviellidae

Origin

From blasto- + -style.

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blastostyle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blastostyle

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“blastostyle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blastostyle. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blastostyle,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blastostyle.

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