avicularium

[ uh-vik-yuh-lair-ee-uhm ]

noun

, Zoology.

, plural a·vic·u·lar·i·a [uh, -vik-y, uh, -, lair, -ee-, uh].

1. a protective zooid of a bryozoan colony, having movable jaws that can be snapped shut.

Other Words From

• a·vicu·lari·an adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of avicularium¹

From New Latin; avi-, -cule ¹, -arium

Example Sentences

In this genus, in all those species in which the second avicularium occurs, each individual cell is provided with one.

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Mr. Busk, however, does not know of any gradations now existing between a zooid and an avicularium.

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Vittae linear, extremely narrow, entirely lateral, and extending the whole length of the cell from the base of the avicularium.

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And what is worthy of remark, these terminal ovicells always have a sessile avicularium on the summit.

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It also wants the raised bands which in C. amphora pass from the sides of the mouth to the apex of the avicularium in front.

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