zoodendriumhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zoodendrium_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezoodendrium, n.
Revised 2017

zoodendriumnoun

Zoology. Now rare.
  1. 1880–
    The branched support stalk of certain colonial protists. Cf. zoocaulon n.
    1. 1880–1
      Dendromonas... Animalcules..stationed singly at the extremities of an erect,..variously branching pedicle or zoodendrium.
      W. Saville-Kent, Manual of Infusoria vol. I. 265
    2. ?1885
      The zoodendrium appears to be composed of the individual stalks cohering as they elongate.
      Proceedings 7th Ann. Meeting Amer. Soc. Microscopists 1884 120
    3. 1903
      The size of the whole adult zoodendrium is 1/6 in. in height and equally wide across the crown.
      Journal Quekett Microsc. Club vol. 8 409
    4. 1972
      Zoodendrium—a treelike, branched stalk of certain colonial infusorians.
      D. M. Ayers, Bioscientific Terminology xii. 97

Originally published as part of the entry for zoo-, comb. form

zoodendrium, n. was revised in June 2017.

zoodendrium, n. was last modified in July 2023.