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ectooecial

ectooecial adjective: relating to an ectooecium.

Adjective

ectooecial (not comparable)

  1. Relating to an ectooecium
    • Exposed ectooecium a wide, flat, semicircular area with rounded or elongate pseudopores that are larger at the periphery; secondary calcification of distal zooid forming a crown of prominent conical nodules completely encircling the exposed ectooecial area, showing a fine proximomedian suture...2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about ectooecial

What does ectooecial mean?
Ectooecial means relating to an ectooecium.
What part of speech is ectooecial?
Ectooecial is an adjective.

Words near ectooecial in the dictionary

  1. ectonucleotidase
  2. ectonucleotidases
  3. ectonucleotide
  4. ectonucleotides
  5. ectooecia
  6. ectooecial
  7. ectooecium
  8. ectoparasite
  9. ectoparasites
  10. ectoparasitic
  11. ectoparasitically

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