sclerobase
Meanings
noun
- The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians.
Word forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σκληρός (sklērós, “hard”) + βᾰ́σις (bắsis, “stepping, step”).
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