A specialized reproductive structure or body part in certain organisms that produces or carries reproductive cells or gametes.
From Greek 'gono-' (reproductive) and '-phore' (bearer/carrier), literally meaning 'reproduction-bearer.' Used in marine biology for colonial animals.
Gonophores in creatures like jellyfish and corals are specialized factories that break away from the colony to spread new individuals—it's nature's ingenious reproductive strategy!
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