ade·lo·co·don·ic
| \ ə-¦dē-lə-kə-¦dä-nik, ¦a-də-(ˌ)lō- \
Definition of adelocodonic
zoology
: remaining attached and developing no umbrella
—used of sexual zooids of certain hydroids —opposed to phanerocodonic
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The first known use of adelocodonic was in 1864
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