Definitions for statoblast

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statoblast stat·o·blast

Spelling: [stat-uh-blast]

IPA: /ˈstæt əˌblæst/

Statoblast is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 272 anagrams from letters in statoblast (aablossttt).

Definitions for statoblast

noun

1. (in certain bryozoans) an asexually produced group of cells encased in a chitinous covering that can survive unfavorable conditions, as freezing or drought, and germinate to produce a new colony.

Origin of statoblast

1850-55; stato- (combining form of Greek statós standing; akin to status, static) + -bl

Examples for statoblast

The air-cells are unusually large and extend over a great part of the dorsal surface of the statoblast.

Oka has described the development from the statoblast of the allied Japanese species.