hexactinellidadj.n.
/ˌhɛksaktɪˈnɛlɪd/ Zoology.
A. adj.
Of or belonging to the Hexactinellidæ, a family of siliceous sponges.
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1865 J. W. Dawson in Relics Primeval Life (1897) viii. 201 Spicules of sponges, some simple and others hexactinellid.
1879 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. (ed. 2) I. 147 At the present day we find an abundance of Hexactinellid sponges.
B. n.
A sponge of this family.
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1879 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. I. 147 In the Tertiary period comparatively few hexactinellids make their appearance.
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hexactiˈnelline adj. = A. ( Cent. Dict.)
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