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noun
A small, motile filament, formed by some cyanobacteria, that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: hormogone
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “first movements”) + -gonium.
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