cryptomedusoid

adjective

cryp·​to·​medusoid

¦krip(ˌ)tō+

: relating to the final stage in the reduction of the medusa or free-swimming generation of a hydroid to a rudiment bearing the sex cells within the gonophore

Word History

Etymology

crypt- + medusoid

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