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sclerobase
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sclerobase, n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + ba`sis base.].
The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion . See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Cœnenchyma. [1913 Webster]
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