hexiradiateadj.
/hɛksɪˈreɪdɪət/ Having six rays, as the spicules of a glass-sponge; sexradiate.
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1875 W. B. Carpenter Microscope (ed. 5) x. 569 Framework..fundamentally consisting of an arrangement of six-rayed spicules..hence the group is distinguished as hexiradiate.
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adj.1875