suspensor
IPA: sʌspˈɛnsɝ
noun
- (US) An athletic support; a jockstrap
- (biology) The cord which suspends the embryo, and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.
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Examples of "suspensor" in Sentences
- The suspensor is analogous to a placental mammalian's umbilical cord.
- Zygospores are striate, and borne on apposed or tong like suspensors.
- This field derives from Phase One of the suspensor nullification effect.
- Armor heavy double layer with suspensor field emitters in between layers.