Coenosteum

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The calcareous skeletal ectodermal tissue of a coenosarc

Etymology

From coen + -o-, from Ancient Greek: κοινός (koinós, “common”), + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

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