English Dictionary

statoblast

名詞

(zoology) One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges. They are protected by a firm covering, and are usually destined to perpetuate the species during the winter season. They burst open and develop in the spring. In some freshwater sponges they serve to preserve the species during the dry season.

日本語の意味

ブリオゾア類や海綿動物など一部の動物の内部で生成される特殊な芽胞（胚芽）で、頑丈な被膜に包まれており、冬季（または淡水海綿の場合は乾季）に種の維持・伝播を目的として用いられる。 / 春になると被膜が破れて外部に露出し、発生過程を経て新個体となる。

The researcher carefully collected a statoblast from the freshwater bryozoan to study its overwintering adaptations.

研究者は淡水性のコケムシから冬を越す適応を調べるため、硬い被覆に守られた休眠胞芽を慎重に採取した。

意味（1）

(zoology) One of a peculiar kind of internal buds, or germs, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa and sponges. They are protected by a firm covering, and are usually destined to perpetuate the species during the winter season. They burst open and develop in the spring. In some freshwater sponges they serve to preserve the species during the dry season.

statoblasts （ plural ）