statoblast

noun

stato·​blast ˈsta-tə-ˌblast 

1

: a bud in a freshwater bryozoan that overwinters in a chitinous envelope and develops into a new individual in spring

2

: gemmule sense b

Examples of statoblast in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Zooids are hermaphroditic but spread thanks to statoblasts, a clump of cells found on the organism that can reproduce asexually if broken off from the colony. — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 31 Aug. 2017

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for statoblast

• chloroplast
• epiblast
• fibroblast
• opencast
• overcast
• protoplast
• rebroadcast
• telecast
• trophoblast
• ultrafast
• unsurpassed
• aghast