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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In the nomenclature of the spicular elements of sponges, an inceptive condition or stage in the growth of the irregular tetraxial spicules in which the tetraxial or caltrop type is manifested.

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  • Another term from the language of sponge spicules.

    December 27, 2011