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tabularium

tabularium noun: a central calicle of a coral or hydroid.

Noun

tabularium (plural tabularia)

  1. A central calicle of a coral or hydroid.
    • The unusually long minor septa and the restricted tabularia are features that I have not seen in any other species of Prismatophyllum.1940 January, Erwin C. Stumm, “Upper Devonian Rugose Corals of the Nevada Limestone”, in Journal of Paleontology, volume 14, number 1, page 64, column 1
    • Tabulae are transverse plates which may be flat, convex or concave. They usually occupy a central space or tabularium, and if there is an axial complex they join with it. […] Dissepiments, the small plates usually found towards the edge of the corallum, lie peripheral to the tabularium and like the...1979, E[uan] N[eilson] K[err] Clarkson, Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution, London; Boston, Mass.; Sydney, N.S.W.: George Allen & Unwin, published 1983, →ISBN, page 74, columns 1–2

Forms of tabularium

pluraltabularia

Questions about tabularium

What does tabularium mean?
Tabularium means a central calicle of a coral or hydroid.
What part of speech is tabularium?
Tabularium is a noun.
What is the plural of tabularium?
The plural of tabularium is tabularia.

Words near tabularium in the dictionary

  1. tabularise
  2. tabularised
  3. tabularises
  4. tabularising
  5. tabularity
  6. tabularium
  7. tabularizable
  8. tabularization
  9. tabularizations
  10. tabularize
  11. tabularized

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