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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In zoology, the hard, calcareous ectodermal tissue of the hydrocorallines, as of millepore coral; the calcareous or coral-like mass of the hydrophyton of the hydrocoralline acalephs.
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- noun zoology Strong and
calcareous ectodermal tissue of milleporina.
Etymologies
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cœn- + o conjuncted with steum, from Ancient Greek: κοινός (koinos, "common") combined with ὀστέον (osteon, "bone").
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