gonocyst

English

Etymology

From gono- +‎ cyst.

Noun

gonocyst (plural gonocysts)

1. A membrane around the spermatogonia in the male gonads.
   • 2013, Rabindra N. Chatterjee, Lucas Sanchez, Genome Analysis in Eukaryotes, page 71:

     The spermatogonia continue to reside in the gonocyst and form spermatocyte, which begins to increase in size.

2. An expansion of the zoarium in which multiple embryos develop.
   • 1972, I͡Uriĭ Aleksandrovich Orlov, Fundamentals of Paleontology: Bryozoa, page 76:

     Ovicell in the form of a pyramidal hemispherical sac ( gonocyst ) with a terminal oeciostome, formed on the coalesced distal cells, Axis of the ovicell parallel to the axis of the cells.