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stereom

stereom noun: a calcium carbonate material which makes up the internal skeletons of echinoderms.

Noun

stereom (uncountable)

  1. A calcium carbonate material which makes up the internal skeletons of echinoderms.
    • Two genera, Lagynocystis and Iaekelocarpus possess ctenoid organs. These thin folded sheets of stereom are of unknown function.1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge...

Questions about stereom

What does stereom mean?
Stereom means a calcium carbonate material which makes up the internal skeletons of echinoderms.
What part of speech is stereom?
Stereom is a noun.

Words near stereom in the dictionary

  1. stereological
  2. stereologically
  3. stereologist
  4. stereologists
  5. stereology
  6. stereom
  7. stereome
  8. stereomes
  9. stereometamaterial
  10. stereometamaterials
  11. stereometer

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