androgonidium

noun

an·​dro·​go·​nid·​i·​um

plural androgonidia

-ēə

1

: one of the male cells whose subsequent divisions produce spermatozoids in members of the genus Volvox

2

: androspore sense 1

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from andr- + gonidium

First Known Use

1878, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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