aviculariumn.
/əˌvɪkjuːˈlɛːrɪəm/ Zoology.
Name given to small prehensile processes shaped like birds' heads with a movable mandible, which snap incessantly, found on the cells of many Polyzoa. aˌvicuˈlarian adj. of or pertaining to avicularia.
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avicularium1856
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avicularian1872
1856 P. H. Gosse Man. Marine Zool. II. 4 They have been commonly called ‘Bird's-head processes’, (avicularia).
1872 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 6) vii. 194 The presence of the upper or fixed beak alone serves to determine its avicularian nature.
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