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fasciole

fasciole noun: a band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, found on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.

Noun

fasciole (plural fascioles)

  1. A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, found on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.
    • aboral fascioles
    • anal fascioles

fasciole meaning in Tamil

fasciole in Tamil

சிறுகற்றை, பட்டையுருக் கற்றை

Forms of fasciole

pluralfascioles

Origin of fasciole

Borrowed from Latin fasciola (“a little bandage”). See fascia.

Words formed from fasciole

Questions about fasciole

What does fasciole mean?
Fasciole means a band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, found on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.
What is fasciole in Tamil?
Fasciole in Tamil is சிறுகற்றை, பட்டையுருக் கற்றை. See Fasciole meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fasciole?
Fasciole is a noun.
What is the plural of fasciole?
The plural of fasciole is fascioles.

Words near fasciole in the dictionary

  1. fasciola
  2. fasciolae
  3. fasciolar
  4. fasciolariid
  5. fasciolariids
  6. fasciole
  7. fascioles
  8. fascioliases
  9. fascioliasis
  10. fasciolicide
  11. fasciolicides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fasciole (page history and authors); fasciole (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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