trophosome

noun 3

Definitions

noun

1

The group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan.

2

The mass of chemolithoautotrophic bacteria in a pogonophoran that metabolizes sulfide.

3

An organ found in some animals, located in the coelomic cavity, that houses symbiotic bacteria, which in turn provide nutrients to the host animal.

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