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rhabdus
‖ rhabdus (ˈræbdəs) [mod.L., a. Gr. ῥάβδος.] 1. Bot. The stipe of certain fungi.1866 Treas. Bot. 968/2. 2. A sponge spicule of the monaxon biradiate type. Also anglicized as rhabd (ræbd).1887 [see rhabdome]. 1900 Minchin Sponges 116. 1940 [see diactine a.].
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Rhabdus
It includes only one genus, Rhabdus, and five species, as follows:
Rhabdus aequatorius (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)
Rhabdus dalli (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897)
Rhabdus perceptus (Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889)
Rhabdus rectius (Carpenter, 1864)
Rhabdus toyamaense (Kuroda & Kikuchi, 1933)
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Rhabdus rectius
Rhabdus rectius, also known as a straight tusk shell, is a species of scaphopod, a small marine mollusc native to the coast of central California whose
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rhabdome
rhabdome Zool. (ˈræbdəʊm) [ad. late Gr. ῥάβδωµα (see rhabdom).] The shaft of a rhabdus of which one ray is branched.1887 Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 417/1 A particular case of the cladose rhabdus, but one of the most frequent occurrence, is the triæne; in this form one ray of a rhabdus ends in thr...
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rhabdal
rhabdal, a. Zool. (ˈræbdəl) [f. rhabdus + -al1.] Pertaining to a rhabdus.1888 Sollas in Challenger Rep., Zool. XXV. 345 Disc..sometimes notched by a rhabdal sinus.
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Rectaxis
Rectaxis intermedius (Strebel, 1882)
Rectaxis pagodus Thompson, 2010
Rectaxis paulisculpta (Rehder, 1942)
Rectaxis pittieri (Von Martens, 1898)
Rectaxis rhabdus
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Photorhabdus
bioluminescent, gram-negative bacilli which lives symbiotically within entomopathogenic nematodes, hence the name photo (which means light producing) and rhabdus
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strongylo-
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 Cha...
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Kottabos
About two-thirds of the way down, the rhabdus was encircled by the lecanis (large saucer). A socket near the top of the rhabdus held the manes (figurine).
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triæne
triæne Zool. (traɪˈiːn, ˈtraɪiːn) [ad. Gr. τρίαινα trident.] A kind of sponge-spicule. Variously described as ‘a rhabdus having at one end three prongs or {oqq}cladi{cqq} diverging at equal angles’, and ‘a tetraxon spicule with 1 long and 3 equal shorter tangential rays’.1887 Sollas in Encycl. Brit....
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Fustiaria
, 1897) (taxon inquirendum)
Fustiaria vagina Scarabino, 1995
Species brought into synonymy
Fustiaria aequatoria (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) : synonym of Rhabdus brevicornu (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) : synonym of Compressidens brevicornu (Sharp & Pilsbry, 1897)
Fustiaria dalli (Pilsbry & Sharp, 1897) : synonym of Rhabdus
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strongyle
▪ I. strongyle1 (ˈstrɒndʒɪl) See also strongle. [ad. mod.L. Strongylus, ad. Gr. στρογγύλος round.] A thread-worm of the genus Strongylus (or the family Strongylidæ, of which this is the type), common as a disease-producing parasite in various animals.1847 Redwood S. F. Gray's Suppl. Pharmacop. 187 S...
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trichodal
trichodal, a. Zool. (trɪˈkəʊdəl) [f. Gr. τριχώδης hair-like (f. θρίξ, τριχ- hair: see -ode1) + -al1.] Extremely thin: applied to a sponge-spicule.1888 Sollas in Challenger Rep. XXV. p. lviii, Both the rhabdus and the style may..be..immeasurably thin (trichodal, τριχώδης, hair-like).
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tornote
ˈtornote, n. (a.) Zool. [ad. Gr. τορνωτ-ός adj. rounded with the τόρνος (see tornus).] A form of sponge-spicule: see quot.1888 Sollas in Challenger Rep. XXV. p. lv, When the rhabdas is very abruptly pointed at each end a rhabdus amphitornota results, which we shall call a ‘tornote’.
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