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hexactinellids

hexactinellids is the plural of hexactinellid.

Meaning of hexactinellid

Noun

hexactinellid (plural hexactinellids)

  1. Any of the many sponges of class Hexactinellida, which have hexactine spicules; a glass sponge.
    • Spicules of hexactinellids are nearly indistinguishable from those of demosponges in most measured characteristics.2007, S. P. Leys, et al., The Biology of Glass Spomges, David W. Sims (series editor), Advances in Marine Biology, Volume 52, page 78
    Synonyms:
    glass sponge, hexactinellid sponge

Questions about hexactinellids

What is hexactinellids the plural of?
Hexactinellids is the plural of hexactinellid.

Words near hexactinellids in the dictionary

  1. hexact
  2. hexactin
  3. hexactinal
  4. hexactine
  5. hexactinellid
  6. hexactinellids
  7. hexactines
  8. hexacts
  9. hexacyanoferrate
  10. hexacyanoferrates
  11. hexacyanogen

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