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Meaning of phaeodium in English:

phaeodium

Pronunciation /fiːˈəʊdɪəm/

noun

Zoology

  • The dark mass surrounding the largest pore in the central capsule of a phaeodarian radiolarian, consisting of pigmented granules.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Nature: a weekly journal of science. From scientific Latin phaeodium from ancient Greek ϕαιός grey + scientific Latin -odium.