STOLON
\stˈɒlɒn], \stˈɒlɒn], \s_t_ˈɒ_l_ɒ_n]\
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A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
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An extension of the integument of the body, or of the body wall, from which buds are developed, giving rise to new zooids, and thus forming a compound animal in which the zooids usually remain united by the stolons. Such stolons are often present in Anthozoa, Hydroidea, Bryozoa, and social ascidians. See Illust. under Scyphistoma.
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A creeping stem or runner capable of developing rootlets and stem, and ultimately forming a new individual; a cylindrical stem of some Polyzoa from which individuals grow out at intervals; a horizontal tubular branch of some Coelenterates from which new zooids arise by budding; the cadophore of Tunicates.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
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