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lyssacine, n. and a. Zool.|ˈlɪsəsaɪn|
Also lyssakine.
[ad. mod.L. Lyssacina (Zittel, 1878).
App. an irregular formation intended to refer to the loose or detached growth of the spicules in these sponges (Gr. λύ-ειν to loosen, ἀκίς spicule).]
a. n. A hexactinellid sponge of the division Lyssacina.
b. adj. Of or pertaining to this division.
1882Cassell's Nat. Hist. VI. 330 It is a Lyssakine with spicules..crossing one another. Ibid., A Lyssakine sponge. 1894Geol. Mag. Oct. 467 The Hexactinellids [found] all belong to the Lyssakine division. |