oxea
/ˈɒksɪə/Zoology
noun
In sponges: a needle-shaped spicule which is pointed at both ends.
Origin
Late 19th century. From ancient Greek ὀξέα (Ionic (Attic ὀξεῖα); also as a variant reading in Hippocrates), feminine (agreeing with ῥάβδος) corresponding to ὀξύς sharp.
- Apostolic Fathers
- apostolic succession
- apostrophe
- apostrophise
- apostrophize
- apotemnophilia
- apothecaries' measure
- apothecaries' weight
- apothecary
- apothegm
- apothem
- apotheose
- apotheosis
- apotheosise
- apotheosize
- apotheosy
- apotheotic
- apotropaic
- apotropaically
- apotropaism
- a pound to a penny
- a pox on
- apozem
- app
- appal