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spiculigenous

spiculigenous adjective: producing or containing spicules.

Adjective

spiculigenous (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Producing or containing spicules.
    • spiculigenous cells
    • spiculigenous sponges

Origin of spiculigenous

From spicule + -genous.

Questions about spiculigenous

What does spiculigenous mean?
Spiculigenous means producing or containing spicules.
What part of speech is spiculigenous?
Spiculigenous is an adjective.

Words near spiculigenous in the dictionary

  1. spicule
  2. spiculed
  3. spicules
  4. spiculiferous
  5. spiculiform
  6. spiculigenous
  7. spiculite
  8. spiculites
  9. spiculogenesis
  10. spiculogenic
  11. spiculose

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