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{{Concept
|label=avicularium
|lexical category=noun; plural <b>avicularia</b>
|etymology=Latin diminutive <i>avis</i>, bird
|definition=([[Bryozoa]]) An enlarged [[pedunculate]] [[operculum]] of polymorphs, resembling a bird's [[beak]] and more intricately reinforced than those of ordinary feeding autozooids.
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{{Concept scheme relation
|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
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