polypariumn.

Brit.

/ˌpɒlᵻˈpɛːrɪəm/, U.S.

/ˌpɑləˈpɛriəm/

Inflections: Plural polyparia.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polyp n., -arium suffix.

Etymology: < polyp n. + -arium suffix. Compare earlier polypary n., polypier n.

Zoology.

The common stem or supporting structure of a colonial cnidarian (or other colonial invertebrate), to which the individual polyps are attached. Formerly also: †a colonial cnidarian (obsolete).

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1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 266/2 Animal unknown, containing a calcareous polyparium..fixed in the lower part, enlarged, flattened, excavated, and multilamellous in the upper part.

1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. 58 The horny spongiadæ and some of the flexible polyparia occur in a fossil state.

1934 Amer. Midland Naturalist 15 122 (caption) Diagram showing the outcrops of the septa on the surface of the polyparium.

1988 Zool. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 92 2 Polyps are capable of total retraction into [the] polyparium, but most are preserved exserted.

2002 Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 186 237 Polyparia arrangements, colony morphology and low diversity suggest the..assemblages were adapted to high sedimentation rates.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	polyparium
释义	polypariumn. Brit. /ˌpɒlᵻˈpɛːrɪəm/, U.S. /ˌpɑləˈpɛriəm/ Inflections: Plural polyparia. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: polyp n., -arium suffix. Etymology: < polyp n. + -arium suffix. Compare earlier polypary n., polypier n. Zoology. The common stem or supporting structure of a colonial cnidarian (or other colonial invertebrate), to which the individual polyps are attached. Formerly also: †a colonial cnidarian (obsolete). ΚΠ 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 266/2 Animal unknown, containing a calcareous polyparium..fixed in the lower part, enlarged, flattened, excavated, and multilamellous in the upper part. 1855 J. Phillips Man. Geol. 58 The horny spongiadæ and some of the flexible polyparia occur in a fossil state. 1934 Amer. Midland Naturalist 15 122 (caption) Diagram showing the outcrops of the septa on the surface of the polyparium. 1988 Zool. Jrnl. Linn. Soc. 92 2 Polyps are capable of total retraction into [the] polyparium, but most are preserved exserted. 2002 Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol. 186 237 Polyparia arrangements, colony morphology and low diversity suggest the..assemblages were adapted to high sedimentation rates. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1839
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