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ventriculite
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ventriculite, n. [See Ventriculus.].
Any one of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges belonging to Ventriculites and allied genera, characteristic of the Cretaceous period. [1913 Webster]
" Many of them were shaped like vases, others like mushrooms. They belong to the hexactinellids, and are allied to the Venus's basket of modern seas." [1913 Webster]
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