cormidium

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cormidium (noun; plural cormidia; Greek diminutive kormos, trunk of a tree): (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) A siphonophore gastrozooid with a tentacle and one or more gonophores of one sex; sensu stricto, cormidia are colonies within colonies

See also: eudoxome.