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n. [Gr. megas, large; skleros, hard](PORIFERA)A large structural spicule; see microsclere.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
megasclere
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megasclere — mega·sclere … English syllables
megasclere — … Useful english dictionary
accessory spicule — (PORIFERA) A category of megasclere, supplemental to the primary skeleton, may be located anywhere … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
anatriaene — n. [Gr. ana, up; triaina, trident] (PORIFERA) A tetractinal megasclere with three short recurved rays and a single long shaft … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dichotriaene — n. [Gr. dicha, in two; triaina, trident] (PORIFERA) A tetractinal megasclere with forked clads … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
dicranoclone — n. [Gr. dikranon, pitchfork; klon, twig] (PORIFERA) A megasclere spicule having a desma with swollen terminal couplings … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
echinating spicule — (PORIFERA) A megasclere that protrudes from a fiber or spicule tract … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
ennomoclones — n. pl. [Gr. ennea, nine; klon, twig] (PORIFERA) Megasclere spicules of the dicranoclone or sphaeroclone type … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
macrosclere — see megasclere … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
mesotriaene — n. [Gr. mesos, middle; triaina, trident] (PORIFERA) A megasclere triaene with a rhabd projecting on both sides of a cladome … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
