Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ectooecium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ec-tooe-ci-um
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The outer, often calcified, layer of the wall of an ovicell of a bryozoan.

Example Sentences

"Ovicell hyperstomial (i.e. prominent), often becoming subimmersed by secondary calcification during ontogeny, completely calcified ectooecium with conspicuous frontal pseudopores, not closed by autozooidal operculum."

Inflected Forms

ectooecia (plural)

Questions

What does ectooecium mean?: The outer, often calcified, layer of the wall of an ovicell of a bryozoan.

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