单词 | zoocytium |
释义 | zoocytiumn. Zoology. Now historical and rare. The outer support sheath or matrix of certain colonial protists. ΚΠ 1880–1 W. Saville-Kent Man. Infusoria I. 286 Spongomonas... Animalcules..living in social colonies, and forming by excretion a common domicile, which takes the form of a..gelatinous or semi-granular zoocytium, within which they remain constantly immersed. 1892 14th Ann. Rep. State Board Health Connecticut 1891 397 Each zoocytium being composed of about six hundred zooids. 1906 Proc. Davenport (Iowa) Acad. Sci. 11 89 The ‘zoocytia’ of several individuals may sometimes be united. 2015 B. S. C. Leadbeater Choanoflagellates i. 12/2 Cells were embedded..in a common mucilaginous matrix or ‘zoocytium’ that was a transparent film-like expansion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1880 |
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