Definition
A reproductive body or specialized structure in certain organisms, particularly in colonial animals like hydrozoans, that is devoted mainly to reproduction.
Etymology
From Greek 'gonos' (seed, reproductive) + 'soma' (body). Coined in 19th-century zoology to describe structures in colonial organisms where a body part becomes primarily or exclusively reproductive.
Kelly Says
Some colonial animals like hydrozoa have literally evolved specialized 'bodies' that do nothing but reproduce—it's like having a clone whose only job is making babies for the colony.
Translations
BNবাংলা
গোনোসোম
go-no-soh-m
CACatalà
gonosome
go-no-sohm
CSČeština
gonosom
go-no-sohm
DADansk
gonosome
go-no-sohm
DEDeutsch
Gonosome
go-no-sohm
ELΕλληνικά
γονόσωμα
go-no-soh-mah
ESEspañol
gonosoma
gon-oh-soh-mah
FAفارسی
گونوسوم
go-no-sohm
FISuomi
gonosome
go-no-sohm
FRFrançais
gonosome
go-no-sohm
HEעברית
גונאוסום
go-nah-soh-m
HIहिन्दी
गोनोसोम
go-no-soh-m
HUMagyar
gonosome
go-no-sohm
IDBahasa Indonesia
gonosome
go-no-sohm
ITItaliano
gonosoma
go-no-soh-mah
MSBahasa Melayu
gonosome
go-no-sohm
MYမြန်မာ
ဂုန်းစိုမ်
go-n-sohm
NLNederlands
gonosome
go-no-sohm
NONorsk
gonosome
go-no-sohm
PLPolski
gonosome
go-no-sohm
PTPortuguês
gonosoma
gon-oh-soh-mah
RORomână
gonosome
go-no-sohm
RUРусский
гоносома
go-no-soh-mah
SVSvenska
gonosome
go-no-sohm
SWKiswahili
gonosome
go-no-sohm
TAதமிழ்
கோனோசோம்
ko-no-sohm
TEతెలుగు
గోనోసోమ్
go-no-sohm
TRTürkçe
gonosome
go-no-sohm
UKУкраїнська
гоносома
go-no-soh-mah
VITiếng Việt
gonosome
go-no-sohm
ZH中文
性染色体
xìng xiǎng sè tǐ