dactylozooid
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dactylozooid (noun; Greek daktylos, finger; zoon, animal): (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) In colonial hydrozoans, a hydroid modified for protection and the capture of prey; protective polyp, zooid or machozooid; a hydrocyst; a palpon
See also: tentaculozooid, gastrozooid.
