strongylo-
(ˈstrɒndʒɪləʊ)
before a vowel strongyl-, used Zool. as combining form of strongyle2 in names for forms of sponge-spicule. strongyˈlaster [Gr. ἀστήρ star], a rhabdus strongylate at one extremity and star-shaped at the other. ˈstrongyloclad, strongyˈloxea: see quots.
| 1888 W. J. Sollas in Challenger Rep. XXV. p. lv, Strongyloclad, the esactine is strongylate, the ecactine cladose. Ibid., Strongyloxea, a rhabdus with a strongylate esactine and oxeate ecactine. Ibid. 417 The microsclere when present is a spheraster or oxyaster or strongylaster. |