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(zoology) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development.
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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Ovicell means (zoology) One of the dilatations of the body wall of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undergo the first stages of their development.
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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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