Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
fasciola , 3. - noun In echinoderms, one of the tracts or bands of modified spines of some echinids. Also called
semita .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See
spatangoidea .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology A
band ofminute tubercles , bearing modifiedspines , on theshells ofspatangoid sea urchins .
Etymologies
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Latin fasciola a little bandage. See fascia.
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