- A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end
or at the joints; a stole. - 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.
Definition
[ n.]