Autocolony
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A daughter colony formed inside a cell of a parent colony.
"This may be because the formation of autocolonies within the mother cell wall is a considerable advance over the condition of free-lying spherical cells, and because along with the development of this autocolonial habit there has gone almost necessarily an axial differentiation of the individual cells."
Example
More examples"This may be because the formation of autocolonies within the mother cell wall is a considerable advance over the condition of free-lying spherical cells, and because along with the development of this autocolonial habit there has gone almost necessarily an axial differentiation of the individual cells."
Etymology
From auto- + colony.
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