coenoecium

noun

coe·​noe·​ci·​um

sə̇ˈnēs(h)ēəm,

sē-

plural coenoecia

-ēə

: the common often chitinous or calcareous investment of a bryozoan colony

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from coen- + Greek oikion house (from oikos)

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