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Coenoecium


Cœ-nœ′ci-um

(? or ?)
,
Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
κοινόσ
common +
οἶκοσ
house.]
(Zool.)
The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.

Definition 2024


coenoecium

coenoecium

See also: cœnœcium

English

Noun

coenoecium (plural coenoecia)

  1. (zoology) A polypary; a chitinous investment or covering of a cœnosarc in hydroid hydrozoans.