monaxon
/ˌmɒnˈaksɒn/adjective
Zoology. Of a sponge spicule: having a single (straight or curved) axis.
noun
Zoology. A monaxon sponge spicule.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- Diesel, Rudolf
- die-sinker
- die-sinking
- Dies Irae
- diesis
- dies non
- die-stamping
- diestock
- diestrus
- diet
- dietary
- diet-busting
- dieter
- dietetic
- dietetically
- dietetics
- diethylene glycol
- diethylstilbestrol
- diethylstilboestrol
- dietician
- dietitian
- Diet of Worms
- Dietrich, Marlene
- Dieu et mon droit
- die with one's boots on