Dictionary entry

Zoœcium

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Zo‐œ″ci‐um (?), n.; pl.Zoœcia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ζῳ̑ον an animal + � house.] (Zoöl.) One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of Bryozoa. See Illust. of Sea Moss.