zoarium
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English
Etymology
From Latin;[1] equivalent to zo- + -arium.
Pronunciation
Noun
zoarium (plural zoaria)
- A colony of zooids.
- 1896, John W. Gregory, Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of Geology, British Museum, page 117:
- The zoarium is unilaminate or bilaminate.
- 1957, Sidney Frederic Harmer, The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition, page 1106:
- Cellariiform, the orifices nearly confined to the convex frontal and lateral surfaces; the basal surface with a strong median calcareous keel, almost concealed by a flat membranous epitheca, which covers the whole zoarium […]
References
- ^ “zoarium, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
