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Androphore

An′dro-phore

(ăn′drō̍-fōr)

,

Noun.

[Gr.

ἀνήρ

,

ἀνδρός

, man +

φέρειν

to bear.]

1.

(Bot.)

A support or column on which stamens are raised.

Gray.

2.

(Zool.)

The part which in some Siphonophora bears the male gonophores.