A small individual reproductive bud or structure in certain hydrozoans, representing a further stage of specialization from the gonoblast.
Diminutive form of gonoblast using the Latin suffix '-idium,' a pattern common in biology to indicate smaller or more specialized versions of structures.
Science loves Russian-doll words—gonoblastidium is even more specialized than gonoblast, showing how one discovery leads to needing new names for tiny variations.
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