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‖ staurus Zool.|ˈstɔːrəs|
[mod.L., ad. Gr. σταυρός cross.]
A type of sponge spicule of the form of a cross.
1887Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 417/1 (Sponge) The suppression of both proximal and distal rays [of a sexradiate spicule] gives the staurus. |