Ooecium

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ooecium \O*oe"ci*um\, n.; pl. {Ooecia}. [NL., fr. Gr. w,'o`n an
     egg + ? a house.] (Zool.)
     One of the special zooids, or cells, of Bryozoa, destined to
     receive and develop ova; an ovicell. See {Bryozoa}.
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