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monactinellid, n. and a.|mɒnæktɪˈnɛlɪd|
[ad. mod.L. Monactinellidæ n. pl. (see below), formed as monactine + -ella dim. suffix + idæ: see -id.]
a. n. A sponge of the sub-order or group Monactinellidæ, characterized by the presence of uni-axial spicules.
b. adj. Of or pertaining to this sub-order or group. So monactiˈnellidan a. = prec. adj.
1883Carter in Ann. Nat. Hist. Ser. v. XI. 32 The great number of existing Monactinellid sponges. 1884Riverside Nat. Hist. (1888) I. 67 The Monactinellidan forms in the palæozoic rocks are uncertain. 1885Hinde in Phil. Trans. CLXXVI. 434 Those monactinellids whose skeletons are exclusively composed of uniaxial spicules. |