ovicell

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Etymology

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From ovum and cell.

Noun

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ovicell (plural ovicells)

  1. (zoology) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development
    • 2015 October 22, “Diversity and Systematics of Schizomavella Species (Bryozoa: Bitectiporidae) from the Bathyal NE Atlantic”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
      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.
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