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Meaning of PHYLACTOCARP

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Phy*lac"to*carp\, n. [Gr. ? to guard + ? fruit.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in
structure for the protection of the gonothec[ae].
 
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