Zoology. A rounded chamber, projecting from the wall of a zooecium, in which the early embryos of some bryozoans develop.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From ovi- + cellN.E.D. records also a Latin form ovicella.
Definition of ovicell in US English:
ovicell
noun
Zoology. A rounded chamber, projecting from the wall of a zooecium, in which the early embryos of some bryozoans develop.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Huxley (1825–1895), biologist and science educationist. From ovi- + cell N.E.D records also a Latin form ovicella.