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Webster 1913 Edition

Coenoecium

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Cœ-nœ′ci-um

(? or ?)

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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)

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