(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:59:05

Phy*lac"to*carp (?), n. [Gr. to guard + fruit.] Zool.

A branch of a plumularian hydroid specially modified in structure for the protection of the gonothecae.

 

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