avicularia

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avicularia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Avicularia \A*vic`u*la"ri*a\, n. pl. [NL. See Avicular.]
     (Zool.)
     See prehensile processes on the cells of some Bryozoa, often
     having the shape of a bird's bill.
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  Bryozoum \Bry`o*zo"um\, n. [NL. See Bryozoa.] (Zool.)
     An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there
     may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zo[oe]cia
     usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a
     well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts
     are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, O[oe]cia,
     etc.).
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