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Meaning of ectooecium | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The outer, often calcified, layer of the wall of an ovicell of a bryozoan.

Examples

“Ovicell hyperstomial (i.e. prominent), often becoming subimmersed by secondary calcification during ontogeny, completely calcified ectooecium with conspicuous frontal pseudopores, not closed by autozooidal operculum.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

ectoparasite ectoparasiticide ectoparasitism ectoparasitoid ectoparasitosis ectopeptidase

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