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tetractine

tetractine adjective: tetractinal; having four rays.

Adjective

tetractine (not comparable)

  1. tetractinal; having four rays

Noun

tetractine (plural tetractines)

  1. A spicule (of a sponge) that has four branches
    Synonyms:
    tetract

Synonyms of tetractine

Forms of tetractine

pluraltetractines

Questions about tetractine

What does tetractine mean?
Tetractine means tetractinal; having four rays.
What part of speech is tetractine?
Tetractine can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near tetractine in the dictionary

  1. tetracritical
  2. tetracriticality
  3. tetracrotic
  4. tetract
  5. tetractinal
  6. tetractine
  7. tetractinellid
  8. tetractinellids
  9. tetractines
  10. tetractinomorph
  11. tetractinomorphs

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