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zooecium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
zooe-ci-um
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the cells or tubes which enclose the feeding zooids of Bryozoa.

Etymology

From New Latin zōoecium, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: zōoecium, ζῷον

Inflected Forms

zooecia (plural) zoœcium (alternative)

Derived Forms

zooecial

Questions

What does zooecium mean?
One of the cells or tubes which enclose the feeding zooids of Bryozoa.
Where does zooecium come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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