ˈsporosac Zool.
[f. sporo- + sac2.]
A simple form of gonophore.
1859 Annals Nat. Hist. IV. 140 These medusiform sporosacs. 1861 J. R. Greene Man. Anim. Kingd., Cœlent. 40 The simplest kind of gonophore consists of a well-defined protuberance from the body-wall, the ‘sporosac’. 1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 762 A sporosac..lodged in an ampulla or cavity of the coenosteum. |