porodinic, a. Zool.
(ˈpɒrəʊ-, pɔərəʊˈdɪnɪk)
[f. Gr. πόρος pore n.1 + ὠδίς, ὠδῑν- travail, birth + -ic.]
Discharging the genital products by means of a pore: opp. to schizodinic.
| 1883 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 682/1 note, Cœlomate animals are, according to this nomenclature, either Schizodinic or Porodinic. The Porodinic group is divisible into Nephrodinic and Idiodinic, in the former the nephridium serving as a pore, in the latter a special (ἴδιος) pore being developed. |