Hex*ac`ti*nel"line (?), a. [From NL. Hexactinellinae, fr. Gr. six + a dim. of , , a ray.] Zool.

Belonging to the Hexactinellinae, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules.

 

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