trophosome

noun

troph·​o·​some

-ˌsōm

plural -s

1

: the nutritive zooids of a hydroid compare gonosome

2

: a storage organ in an adult mermithid worm consisting of the fat-filled syncytial remains of the intestine

Word History

Etymology

troph- + -some

First Known Use

1864, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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