A very similar mode of growth and propagation is found among the compound Polypes, whose gemmules, like those of the Medusæ, are at first free, and moved by cilia; afterwards attached, and budding forth with a plant-like body.
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Gemmule
//ˈd͡ʒɛmjuːl//
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Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 芽球 noun (small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge)
French
1 entries- gemmule noun (small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge)
German
1 entries- Gemmula noun (small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge)
Ido
1 entries- gemulo noun (small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge)
Polish
1 entries- gemula noun (small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge)
Portuguese
1 entries- gêmulas noun (small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge)
Russian
1 entries- ге́ммула noun (small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- gȅmula noun (small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge)
- ге̏мула noun (small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge)
Spanish
1 entries- gémula noun (small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge)
Tamil
1 entries- அக மொட்டுக்கள் noun (small gemma or bud of dormant embryonic cells produced by some freshwater sponges that develops into a new sponge)
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Accidental hematozoa may be found, […] in the vessels of man and other animals; these are foreign to the blood, and do not circulate with it. The hydatid, acephalocystis endogena, detaches its gemmules from its inner surface; one thus inclosing the other in a series, like pill-boxes. It is found in the liver, kidney, womb, etc.
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They [spores and tetraspores] may rather be considered, the one a true spore, supposed to be fertilized by means of an antheridium; the other, a mere gemmule, or bud of the simplest possible structure, which is cast off by the parent plant, and carries with it sufficient vitality to become the nucleus of a fresh individual.
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The gemmules of the Marchantia [a genus of liverworts] are little disc-shaped masses of cells composed of two or more layers.
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