Intraskeletal

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Within the skeleton. not-comparable

    "To minimize the influence of intraskeletal cements on the observed signatures, the analysed specimens included unusual species either devoid of large intraskeletal open spaces ('button corals': Microcyclus, Palaeocyclus), or typified by particularly thick corallite walls (Calceola)."

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"To minimize the influence of intraskeletal cements on the observed signatures, the analysed specimens included unusual species either devoid of large intraskeletal open spaces ('button corals': Microcyclus, Palaeocyclus), or typified by particularly thick corallite walls (Calceola)."

Etymology

From intra- + skeletal.

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