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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Gr.

φυλάσσειν

to guard +

καρπόσ

fruit.]

(Zool.)

A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecæ.

phylactocarp ‎(plural phylactocarps)

(zoology) A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.