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oscarellid

oscarellid noun: any of the family Oscarellidae of marine sponges.

Noun

oscarellid (plural oscarellids)

  1. (rare) Any of the family Oscarellidae of marine sponges.
    • The plakinids have siliceous spicules, the diagnostic type being the calthrop tetractine, whereas the oscarellids lack a skeleton (Muricy and Díaz 2002).2012, Claus Nielsen, Animal Evolution: Interrelationships of the Living Phyla, page 31

Forms of oscarellid

pluraloscarellids

Questions about oscarellid

What does oscarellid mean?
Oscarellid means any of the family Oscarellidae of marine sponges.
What part of speech is oscarellid?
Oscarellid is a noun.
What is the plural of oscarellid?
The plural of oscarellid is oscarellids.

Words near oscarellid in the dictionary

  1. Oscar Asche
  2. Oscar bait
  3. Oscar the Grouch
  4. Oscar-baity
  5. Oscared
  6. oscarellid
  7. oscarellids
  8. oscarkempffite
  9. Oscarless
  10. Oscarlike
  11. Oscarologist

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