Zooecia

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

  Zooecium \Zo*oe"ci*um\, n.; pl. {Zooecia}. [NL., fr. Gr. zw^,on
     an animal + ? house.] (Zool.)
     One of the cells or tubes which inclose the feeling zooids of
     Bryozoa. See Illust. of {Sea Moss}.
     [1913 Webster]