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Definitions

Noun

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

Etymology

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

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