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phaceloid

phaceloid adjective: of a coral colony: having individual corallite tubes, joined at the base.

Adjective

phaceloid (not comparable)

  1. Of a coral colony: having individual corallite tubes, joined at the base.
    • On the other hand, species lacking zooxanthellae preferentially form solitary coralla or poorly integrated colonies (i.e. with little or no connecting tissue) and have larger corallites; e.g., phaceloid growth forms.2016 January 12, “Fine-Scale Skeletal Banding Can Distinguish Symbiotic from Asymbiotic Species among Modern and Fossil Scleractinian Corals”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of phaceloid

From Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle, faggot”) + -oid.

Questions about phaceloid

What does phaceloid mean?
Phaceloid means of a coral colony: having individual corallite tubes, joined at the base.
What part of speech is phaceloid?
Phaceloid is an adjective.

Words near phaceloid in the dictionary

  1. phacella
  2. phacellae
  3. phacellate
  4. phacelli
  5. phacellus
  6. phaceloid
  7. phacidiaceous
  8. phaco
  9. phaco-
  10. phacoanaphylactic
  11. phacoanaphylaxis

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