rhombogene

English

Alternative forms

rhombogen

Etymology

From rhomb + root of Ancient Greek [Term?] (“to be born”).

Noun

rhombogene (plural rhombogenes)

(zoology) A dicyemid that produces infusoria-like embryos.

Antonyms

nematogene

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “rhombogene”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)