- (n.) A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.
- (n.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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