POECILOCYTTAROUS


Meaning of POECILOCYTTAROUS in English

|pēsəlō|sid.ərəs adjective

Etymology: poecil- + Greek kyttaros cell of a honeycomb + English -ous

: of, relating to, or being a type of nest of some social wasps (family Vespidae) in which the layers of brood comb are supported by the outer covering and a central support (as the limb of a tree) — compare phragmocyttarous

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