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sphæro-|ˈsfɪərəʊ|
ad. Gr. σϕαιρο-, combining form of σϕαῖρα ball, sphere, employed in a considerable number of terms, esp. Bot. and Zool., of which only a few are naturalized in form or have any general currency. ˈsphæroblast Bot. (see quot.); sphæroˈcobaltite Min., ‘carbonate of cobalt, found in small spherical masses’ (Chester).; cf. spherocobaltite s.v. sphero-; ˈsphærocone Palæont., an ammonoid with a very involute shell in which the outer whorl conceals the inner one and the whole has a globular form; sphæroˈdactyle, a species of humming-bird; ˈsphærolite, (a) (see quot.); (b) obs. var. spherulite; † sphæˈromachy (see quot.); sphærosome, var. spherosome; ˈsphærospore Bot. (see quot.); sphæroˈstilbite Min., ‘a variety of stilbite, occurring in radiated spheres’ (Chester).
1901H. M. Ward Diseases in Plants xxiv. 225 Woodnodules or *Sphæroblasts are curious marble-like masses of wood which protrude with a covering of bark from old trunks of Beeches, etc.
1877Mineral. Mag. I. 267 *Sphœrocobaltite [sic]..occurs in spheroidal forms with roselite at Schneeberg, Saxony. 1881Watts Dict. Chem., 3rd Suppl., Sphærocobaltite, or Cobalt-spar, is a native carbonate of cobalt belonging to the calcspar-group, black on the outside, red within.
1923*Sphærocone [see serpenticone]. 1970R. M. Black Elements Palaeont. viii. 89 Sphaerocones occur repeatedly during ammonoid history.
1860Gosse Rom. Nat. Hist. 149 The little *sphærodactyle,—which we might put into a quill-barrel, and carry home in the waistcoat pocket.
1881Watts Dict. Chem., 3rd Suppl., *Sphærolite, a volcanic glass from the lava of Antisana.
1658Phillips, *Sphæromachy, a playing at bowls, or tennis.
1866Treas. Bot. 1081/1 *Sphærospore, the quadruple spore of some algals.
1850Daubeny Atom. The. (ed. 2) xii. 410 The former combinations are called hydro⁓silicates... Example: *Sphærostilbite. |