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- n. A sponge-spicule of the monaxon biradiate type; a simple straight spicule. There are several kinds of rhabdi, named according to their endings. A rhabdus sharp at both ends is an oxea; blunt at both ends, a strongyle; knobbed at both ends, a tylote; knobbed at one end and pointed at the other, a tylotoxea; blunt at one end and sharp at the other, a strongyloxea. The last two forms are scarcely distinguishable from the stylus.
- n. In botany, the stipe of certain fungi.
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Sponge Spicule Terminology
A list of the richly esoteric and myriad terms that have been used in the classification and study of fossil and modern sponge spicules.
The morphology of sponge spicule elements paral...monaxon, monaxonial, monaxial, monactine, monactinal, monactinal monaxon, diactinal monaxon, diactine, biradiate, rhabdus, oxea, uniaxial and 186 more...
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