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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the sponge-spicules, a triode or three-rayed element in which one of the arms is long, straight, and sharp, and the other two are atrophied.
- noun In sponges, a supporting spicule of cylindrical form, knobbed at one end and pointed at the other.
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