Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A filamentous formation of certain sponges, supposed to be a sense-organ, perhaps of the nature of an eye.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A sense organ found in certain sponges. It consists of several filaments, each of which arises from a single cell.
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- noun zoology A
sense organ found in certainsponges , consisting of several filaments, each arising from a singlecell .
Etymologies
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From syn- and cilium.
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