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homoiostele

homoiostele noun: a member of the class Homoiostelea.

Noun

homoiostele (plural homoiosteles)

  1. A member of the class Homoiostelea.
    • Homoiosteles are superficially similar to stylophorans: the column or stele resembles the aulacophore and the theca in younger genera develope^([sic]) distinct marginal and somatic plate patterns. The earliest homoiosteles are attached by a holdfast, at least in juvenile stages, and this fixation...1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge...

Forms of homoiostele

pluralhomoiosteles

Questions about homoiostele

What does homoiostele mean?
Homoiostele means a member of the class Homoiostelea.
What part of speech is homoiostele?
Homoiostele is a noun.
What is the plural of homoiostele?
The plural of homoiostele is homoiosteles.

Words near homoiostele in the dictionary

  1. homoiophones
  2. homoiophony
  3. homoioptota
  4. homoioptoton
  5. homoiosis
  6. homoiostele
  7. homoiosteles
  8. homoioteleuta
  9. homoioteleuton
  10. homoioteleutons
  11. homoiotherm

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