释义 |
‖ zoœcium Zool.|zəʊˈiːʃ(ɪ)əm| Pl. -ia. [mod.L., f. Gr. ζῷον animal + οἶκος house.] The thickened and hardened part of the cuticle of each zooid or polyp of a colony of Polyzoa, forming a cell or sheath in which it is lodged. Hence zoœcial |zəʊˈiːʃ(ɪ)əl| a., pertaining to or forming a zoœcium.
1880Pascoe Zool. Class. 297 Zoœcium, a cell in which a polypide of the Polyzoa is lodged. 1881Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. Jan. 2 The avicularia are placed in the outer border of the Zoœcia. 1884Athenæum 29 Mar. 414 The zooecial tube. |