trophosome

== English == === Etymology === From tropho- +‎ -some. === Noun === trophosome (plural trophosomes) (biology) The group of nutritive zooids of a hydrozoan. (biology) The mass of chemolithoautotrophic bacteria in a pogonophoran that metabolizes sulfide. (anatomy) An organ found in some animals, located in the coelomic cavity, that houses symbiotic bacteria, which in turn provide nutrients to the host animal. ==== Coordinate terms ==== (organ): bacteriome === See also === (organ): trophosome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia