statoblast

== English == === Etymology === From stato- +‎ -blast. === Noun === statoblast (plural statoblasts) (zoology) A kind of bud, or pod of cells, produced in the interior of certain Bryozoa. As they develop they grow a hard shell and are usually destined to perpetuate the species, bursting open and developing. === References === “statoblast”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.