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desma Biol.|ˈdɛsmə|
Pl. desmata, desmas.
[a. Gr. δέσµα (pl. -ατα) bond, fetter, head-band, f. δέ-ειν to bind.]
1. A bandage; a ligament.
1857in Dunglison. 1883in Syd. Soc. Lex.
2. A kind of spicule which unites with others to form the skeletal network in a particular group of sponges.
1887Sollas in Encycl. Brit. XXII. 418/2 (Sponges) In the Lithistid sponges a skeleton is produced by the articulation of desmas into a network. |