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hyalonema
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hyalonema, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`alos glass + a thread.].
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the Japanese species (Hyalonema Sieboldii ), called glass-rope , has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope. [1913 Webster]
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