gemmule (jemul)

[F. gemmule, When a part of the parental body is detached in the shape of gemmule, or egg, or fœtus, the material sacrifice is conspicuous. H. Spencer, Data of Ethics, § 75. Reproduction takes place mainly asexually by fi ion and the production of germs or gemmules , but also by the formation of ova and sperm capsules. The gemmules are in the fresh-water Spongilla ma es of cells which are surrounded by a firm shell composed of silicious structures (a mph i discs), and pa through a long period. of inactivity. Claus , Zoology (trans.), I. 218. gemmuliferous (jem-u-life-rus), a. [ mula , a little bud (see gemmule ), + ferre = E. bear1 .] Bearing or producing gemmules, as a sponge or cœlenterate. gemmy1 (jem'i), a. [ gem + -y1.] Bright with gems; full of gems; glittering. Fam'd Oberon, with damask'd robe so gay, And gemmy crown, by moonshine sparkling far. peg. placed a little to the right and in ad The support vance of the lap is called a gim - peg . O. Byrne, Artisan's Handbook, p. 202.