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‖ polythecium Zool.|pɒlɪˈθiːʃɪəm, -ˈθiːsɪəm|
Pl. -ia.
[mod.L., f. Gr. πολυ-, poly- + θηκίον, dim. of θήκη box, case.]
Name for a colony or zoothecium of certain infusorians, in which the loricæ are united by their stalks. Hence polyˈthecial a., pertaining to a polythecium.
1880W. S. Kent Infusoria I. 360 Forming by the serial conjunction of their respective loricæ a more or less extensive branching colony-stock or polythecium. |