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polypidom
polypidom Zool. (pəˈlɪpɪdəm, ˈpɒlɪpɪdəm) [f. L. polyp-us polyp + domus, Gr. δόµος house.] The common supporting structure of a colony of polyps, regarded as the dwelling-place of the individual zooids: = polypary.1824 tr. Lamouroux (title) Corallina; a Classical Arrangement of Flexible Coralline Pol... Oxford English Dictionary
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polypary
polypary (ˈpɒlɪpərɪ) Also 9 in Lat. form polyparium (pɒlɪˈpɛərɪəm), pl. -ia; erron. sing. polyparia, pl. -iæ. [ad. mod.L. polypārium, f. polypus polyp + -arium.] The common stem, stock, or supporting structure of a colony of polyps (see polyp 1 c), to which the individual zooids are attached, usuall... Oxford English Dictionary
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polypifer
polypifer Zool. (pəˈlɪpɪfə(r)) [f. L. polypus polyp + -fer bearing; after mod.L. Polypifera: see next.] A polyp-stock, polypary, or polypidom; also, the whole compound organism; usually in pl. as an English equivalent of Polypifera.1832 H. T. De la Beche Geol. Man. (ed. 2) 149 Large masses, supposed... Oxford English Dictionary
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polyzoary
polyzoary Zool. (pɒlɪˈzəʊərɪ) Also in Lat. form polyzoarium (ˌpɒlɪzəʊˈɛərɪəm), pl. -ia. [ad. mod.L. polyzōārium, f. Polyzoa + -arium, -ary1.] The polypary or polypidom of a colony of Polyzoa, or the colony as a whole.1856 Gosse Man. Marine Zool. II. 5 The entire assemblage of cells springing from on... Oxford English Dictionary
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polype
polyp, polype (ˈpɒlɪp) Forms: 5 polippe, 6 polipe, 7 polip, 7– polype, polyp. See also poulp. [a. F. polype (polipe, v.r. polpe in Brun. Lat. 13th c.), ad. L. polyp-us: see polypus.] † 1. Zool. Properly, an animal having many feet or foot-like processes: but in use restricted to certain organisms, n... Oxford English Dictionary
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cormus
‖ cormus [mod.L.: see corm.] 1. = corm, q.v. 2. Haeckel's name for the common stock of a plant or ‘colonial’ animal, bearing a number of individuals which originate by gemmation or budding; as applied to animals it is equivalent to polypidom.1878 Bell Gegenbauer's Comp. Anat. 93 Colonies (cormi) are... Oxford English Dictionary
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cœnosarc
cœnosarc Zool. (ˈsiːnəʊsɑːk) [f. Gr. κοινό-ς common + σάρξ, σαρκ- flesh.] The common living basis or ‘flesh’ by which the several individuals forming a compound zoophyte, or polypidom, are united together.1849 Murchison Siluria App. 539 Chitinous investment, surrounding the cœnosarc and polype. 1888... Oxford English Dictionary
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corallum
‖ corallum (kɒˈræləm) [L. corallum coral; applied in a special sense.] A coral; the calcareous skeleton of a coral polypidom; also the horny, suberose, or siliceous tubular envelope of any zoophyte, whether colonial or simple.1846 Dana Zooph. ii. §9 (1848) 15 The corallum in the live Zoophyte is..in... Oxford English Dictionary
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animalcule
animalcule (ænɪˈmælkjʊl) Also 6–7 animalcle. [ad. L. animalcul-um, dim. of animal: see -cule. Cf. mod.Fr. animalcule. Formerly often used in the L. form, of which the pl. animalcula is still frequent in scientific use. (By the ignorant the latter is sometimes made a sing. with pl. animalculæ.)] † 1.... Oxford English Dictionary
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umbel
umbel (ˈʌmb(ə)l) Also 6–9 umbell, 6–8 umble, 8 umbil. [ad. L. umbella sun-shade, parasol, dim. of umbra shadow. So Sp. umbela, Pg. and It. umbella, F. ombelle, † umbelle (16th c.), Sw. umbell. Cf. It. ombrella.] 1. Bot. A mass of inflorescence borne upon pedicels of nearly equal length springing fro... Oxford English Dictionary
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madrepore
madrepore (ˈmædrɪpɔə(r)) [ad. mod.L. madrepora or F. madrépore (1710), ad. It. madrepora. The Italian naturalist Ferrante Imperato (Hist. Nat., 1599) uses poro as a name for ‘a kind of vegetable the substance of which resembles that of coral, but differs in being porous’. He evidently regarded this ... Oxford English Dictionary
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coral
▪ I. coral, n.1 (ˈkɒrəl) Forms: 4– coral; also 4–8 -ale, 5–7 -all(e, 6–7 corral(l, 6–8 -ell, 5 cural(l)e, 6 curroll, 6–7 -all, 7 -el, -ell, (5 quyral). [a. OF. coral, coural (12th c. in Littré), later corail = Pr. coralh, Sp. coral, It. corallo:—L. corallum, corā̆lium, a. Gr. κοράλλιον red coral.] 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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cell
▪ I. cell, n.1 (sɛl) Forms: 2 cell (pl. -as), 3–6 celle, (4–6 sell(e, 7 cel), 5– cell. [ME. celle, a. OF. celle:—L. cella a small apartment, esp. one of several such in the same building, used e.g. for a store-closet, slave's room, prison cell; also cell of a honeycomb; in late L. also a monk's or h... Oxford English Dictionary
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