zoarium

English

Etymology

From Latin;[1] equivalent to zo- +‎ -arium.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zəʊˈɛəɹiəm/

Noun

zoarium (plural zoaria)

  1. 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
  1. “zoarium, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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