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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.

   "anal fascioles"

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fasciola (“a little bandage”). See fascia.

Related phrases

sea urchin

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