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calicoblast

calicoblast noun: a primary cell of the calicodermis.

Noun

calicoblast (plural calicoblasts)

  1. A primary cell of the calicodermis.
    • The most recent study has been made by Hayasi (78), who finds that the calcareous lamellae which form the sclerodermites are formed by secretions of the calicoblasts and that the latter are not themselves calcified.1943, Thomas Wayland Vaughan, John West Wells, Revision of the Suborders Families, and Genera of the Scleractinia, page 32

Forms of calicoblast

pluralcalicoblasts

Questions about calicoblast

What does calicoblast mean?
Calicoblast means a primary cell of the calicodermis.
What part of speech is calicoblast?
Calicoblast is a noun.
What is the plural of calicoblast?
The plural of calicoblast is calicoblasts.

Words near calicoblast in the dictionary

  1. calico grouper
  2. calico queen
  3. calico queens
  4. Calico-an
  5. calicoback
  6. calicoblast
  7. calicoblastic
  8. calicoblasts
  9. calicodermis
  10. calicoed
  11. calicoes

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