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MONACTINAL definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
the spicule of a sponge that has a single-spiked structure. adjective also: monactinal (mɒnˈæktɪnəl IPA Pronunciation Guide ).
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monactinal - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
monactinal (not comparable). (zoology) Having a single ray. Categories: English terms prefixed with mono- · English lemmas · English adjectives ...
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monactinal, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective monactinal is in the 1880s. OED's earliest evidence for monactinal is from 1887, in the writing of S. O. Ridley.
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monactinal
monactinal, a. (mɒˈnæktɪnəl) [Formed as next + -al1.] Of a sponge-spicule: That has only one ray.1887 S. O. Ridley in Rep. Voy. Challenger XX. Introd. 6 The chief spicules of the group are ‘monactinal’, that is to say, consisting of only a single ray.
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MONACTINE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
: having a single ray used of a sponge spicule; monactine 2 of 2 noun " plural -s : monact Word History Etymology Adjective mon- + -actine or -actinal
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Sponge spicule - Wikipedia
The ends of diactinal monaxons are similar, whereas monactinal monaxons have different ends: one pointed, one rounded. Diactinal monaxons are classified by ...
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monactine
monactine, a. (mɒˈnæktɪn) [f. (mod.L. type *monactīn-us) Gr. µόνο-ς (see mono-) + ἀκτιν-, ἀκτίς ray.] = monactinal a.1887 W. J. Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 416 (Fig. 12), Typical megascleres. a, rhabdus (monaxon diactine); b, stylus (monaxon monactine).
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SPONGE SPICULES
3). Monactinal (monaxon rounded at one end and pointed at the other end): Style (monactinal monaxon with one end blunt and the other pointed) (Pl. P1, fig. 5): ...
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SYCON SPONGE-SPICULES - Biozoomer
If the monaxon are pointed on one end and blunt on the other side they are called monactinal if they are pointed and both the ends they are diactinal ...
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Spicules: Meaning, Classification and Development
When growth has occurred in one direction only, the spicule is called monactinal monaxon or style. Styles are typically rounded (strongylote) at one end and ...
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MONACT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
2 meanings: 1. the spicule of a sponge that has a single-spiked structure also: monactinal (mɒnˈæktɪnəl) 2. having a.... Click for more definitions.
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[PDF] Marine Sponges - SCAMIT
megascleres monactinal (styles) or diactinal of various sizes, no microscleres. Halichondrida (e.g., Halichondria, Hymeniacidon). 8b. Skeleton organized. 9. 9a ...
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Suberites domuncula
Monactinal tylosyles and a small fraction of diactinal oxeas make up the megascleres found in the skeleton of S. domunucula.
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diactine
diactine, a. (and n.) Zool. (daɪˈæktɪn) [f. di-2 + actine 2.] Of a monaxon sponge spicule: having two rays, growing in both directions. Also as n., a spicule of this type. Hence diˈactinal a.1888 Sollas in Challenger Rep. XXV. p. liii, Diactine (diactina).—A monaxon in which growth proceeds in both ...
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Sponge spicule
The ends of diactinal monaxons are similar, whereas monactinal monaxons have different ends: one pointed, one rounded.
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