Meanings
nounzoarium (plural zoaria)
plural zoaria
- A colony of zooids.
The zoarium is unilaminate or bilaminate.
1896, John W. Gregory, Catalogue of the Fossil Bryozoa in the Department of Geology, British Museum, page 1171 more example
Cellariiform, the orifices nearly confined to the convex frontal and lateral surfaces; the basal surface with a strong median calcareous keel, almost concealed by a flat membranous epitheca, which covers the whole zoarium […]
1957, Sidney Frederic Harmer, The Polyzoa of the Siboga Expedition, page 1106
Origin
From Latin; equivalent to zo- + -arium.
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with zoarium
herbariumfusariumimaginariumvivariumsamariumcolumbariumseaquariumoceanariumarmamentariumacarinariumallylsamariumantiquariumaquaterrariumargentarium-ariumascidiariumaviculariumbalsamariumbullariumbunariumcaldariumcalendariumcalidariumcalvarium
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APA
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Chicago
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