A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: genus, hexactinelline, sponges, long, stem.
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Hyalonema
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope.
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