zoarium

English

Etymology

From Latin; 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 […]