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zoarium

/zoh-air-ee-uhm/US // zoʊˈɛər i əm //

动物园

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural zo·ar·i·a, zo·ar·i·ums.Biology.

    • : a collection of distinct, individual zooids that make up a compound or colonial organism.
    • : the supporting structure for a polyp colony; polyzoarium.

Examples

  • The zoarium is of delicate appearance and branches sparingly.

  • The zoœcia are not distinct from one another, but in dendritic forms the zoarium is divided irregularly by chitinous partitions.

  • A zoarium with its included polypides is finally produced from the young polypide by the rapid development of buds.

  • The zoarium as a whole is either recumbent and adherent or at least partly vertical.

  • The growth of the zoarium is much more luxuriant, and the form of the resting buds is different.

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