cœnœciumn.
/siːˈniːʃ(ɪ)əm/ Zoology.
The common dermal system of a colony of Polyzoa; a polypary.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > member of > as colony
polyzoary1854
polyzoarium1869
cœnœcium1872
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 192 The only element of the Polyzoa with which the palæontologist is concerned is the external investment of the colony—the ‘cœnœcium’ or ‘polyzoarium’.
1881 S. H. Vines in Nature No. 620. 463 Cœnœcium..Applicable alike to the ‘Frond’, or ‘Polyzoary’, of Fenestella, Polypora, Phyllopora, or Synocladia: or to the associated Zoœcia and their connecting ‘interstitial tubuli’, of Ceriopora, Hyphasmapora, and Archæopora.
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cœˈnœcial adj. = cœnœcic adj.
cœˈnœcic adj. of or pertaining to a cœnœcium.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [adjective] > relating to colony
cœnœcic1881
polyzoarial1885
1881 Nature 26 May 95/2 The close similarity of the Silurian with the later forms..in the habit of cœnœcic growth.
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