Choanite
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Choanite is a noun meaning A spongiform fossil of the historical genus Choanites, thought to resemble a petrified sea-anemone.
Meaning
A spongiform fossil of the historical genus Choanites, thought to resemble a petrified sea-anemone.
More Meanings
- Any of genus Choanites Mantell, 1822 sensu Laubenfels, 1936, accepted as Suberites Nardo, 1833, certain demosponges.
Word Forms
- choanites
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include macrochoanite, orthochoanite, choanoflagellid, sinacanthid, echinite, bufonite.
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