dichotriaene
/ˌdʌɪkə(ʊ)ˈtrʌɪiːn/(also dichotriene) Zoology
noun
In sponges: a dichotomous triaene; a three-forked spicule in which each fork divides into two.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in William Sollas (1849–1936), geologist and anthropologist. From dicho- + triaene.
- running text
- running thyme
- running time
- running total
- running trap
- running vest
- running water
- runny
- Runnymede
- runo
- run off
- run-off
- run off at the mouth
- run off with
- run-of-river
- run-of-the-mill
- runographic
- runological
- runologist
- runology
- run on
- run oneself into the ground
- run one's mouth
- run (or come down) a banker
- run (or make) rings round (or around) someone