zooecialhttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zooecial_adj%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezooecial, adj.
Revised 2017

zooecialadjective

Zoology.
  1. 1873–
    Of or relating to a zooecium or zooecia.
    Stressed as zoˈoecial.
    1. 1873
      Its zoœcial wall grows thicker.
      F. A. Smitt in Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar vol. 11 No. 4. 61
    2. 1884
      The zooecial tube.
      Athenæum 29 March 414
    3. 1972
      Two rows of large prominent zooecial openings are arranged in alternating rows.
      T. M. Ganesan in A. G. Jhingran et al., Himalayan Geology vol. II. 435
    4. 2011
      Graphical analysis of standardized data revealed nearest neighbor effects at the zooecial level.
      Journal of Paleontology vol. 85 853

Originally published as part of the entry for zooecium, n.

zooecium, n. was revised in June 2017.