English Explanatory Dictionary

choanite

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A spongiform fossil of the historical genus Choanites, thought to resemble a petrified sea-anemone.
  2. Any of genus Choanites Mantell, 1822 sensu Laubenfels, 1936, accepted as Suberites Nardo, 1833, certain demosponges.

Word forms

choanite choanites

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χοάνη (khoánē, “funnel”).

Related words

choana choano- orthochoanitic

Derived words

cyrtochoanite cyrtochoanitic
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