coenobium
noun
coe·no·bi·um
variants
or cenobium
sə̇ˈnōbēəm,
sē-
plural coenobia or cenobia
-ēə
1
: cenoby
2
or less commonly coenobe
or cenobe
plural -s
[New Latin, from Late Latin]
: a usually spherical colony of unicellular organisms surrounded by a common investment
ˈsē(ˌ)nōb,
ˈse(ˌ)-
especially
: a colony having a definite number and specific arrangement of cells
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