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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of Stromatoporidæ of the Silurian period, characterized by the plate-like expanded cœnosteum, the surface of which is covered with wart-like prominences which are the ends of solid vertical pillars. Between these develop irregular laminæ.

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