• (n.) One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa. See Illust. of Sea Moss.
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<zoology> One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa. ... Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Zoon = an animal + house. ... (28 Oct 1998) ...
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zooecium 1. The stiffened body-wall which forms a cup-shaped capsule inclosing the tentacled polypide in the Polyzoa. 2. In colonial bryozoans, the body wall, a generally secreted gelatinous, chitinoid, or calcareous covering of individual zooids. 3. The skeleton of a zooid, comprised of calcareous layers of zooidal walls and connected zooidal st...
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