zooeciumhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zooecium_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezooecium, n.
Revised 2017

zooeciumnoun

Zoology.
  1. 1871–
    A layer of organic or mineral material that encloses an individual living or fossil bryozoan.
    1. 1871
      The production of new polypides and eggs in empty zoœcia.
      Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science vol. 11 156
    2. 1893
      In addition he found giant cells (cistern cells) of form quite dissimilar from the ordinary zooecia.
      American Naturalist vol. 27 1002
    3. 1927
      The fertile zooecium then develops into an ovicell, which serves as a brood chamber for the developing embryos.
      Quarterly Review of Biology vol. 2 402/2
    4. 1980
      The basal part of the gut, or caecum, is attached to the zooecium by a strand of tissue, the funiculus.
      W. D. Williams, Australian Freshwater Life v. 73
    5. 2010
      The zooecia are well preserved.
      Journal of Paleontology vol. 84 358/1

zooecium, n. was revised in June 2017.

zooecium, n. was last modified in September 2024.