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from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to or resembling the Axinellidæ; specifically, resembling the Axinellidæ in arrangement of the spicules of the skeleton-fibers; that is, having each component spicule inclined at an angle, usually acute, to the axis of the fiber, thus giving the latter a feathery or plumose appearance.
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- noun zoology Any member of the Axinellidae.
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