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ovicells

ovicells is the plural of ovicell.

Meaning of ovicell

Noun

ovicell (plural ovicells)

  1. One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development
    • Moreover, the lepralielliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is entirely calcified though perforated by numerous pseudopores, precludes these species from being affiliated with taxa having a microporelliform ovicell, in which the ectooecium is uncalcified.2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about ovicells

What is ovicells the plural of?
Ovicells is the plural of ovicell.

Words near ovicells in the dictionary

  1. ovicapsular
  2. ovicapsule
  3. ovicapsules
  4. ovicell
  5. ovicellate
  6. ovicells
  7. ovicellular
  8. ovicidal
  9. ovicide
  10. ovicides
  11. ovicular

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