Zooecium Definition

noun

(zoology) One of the cells or tubes which enclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa.

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Alternative form of zooecium.
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Other Word Forms of Zooecium

Noun

Singular:
zooecium
Plural:
zooecia

Origin of Zooecium

  • New Latin, from Ancient Greek [script?] (zoos, “animal”) + [script?] (oikos, “house”)

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Zooecium Sentence Examples

  • Cavity of the zooecium subdivided by transverse diaphragms, most numerous in the distal portion.

  • The visceral mass was accordingly termed the "polypide" and the body-wall which contains it the "zooecium."

  • This view depended principally on the fact that the life of the polypide and of the zooecium are not coextensive.

  • It is one of the most remarkable facts in the natural history of the Polyzoa that a single zooecium may be tenanted by several polypides, which successively degenerate.

  • In a few Gymnolaemata the ectocyst is merely chitinous, although in most cases the four vertical walls and the basal wall of the zooecium are calcareous.

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