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tetractinellida
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tetractinellida, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. te`tra- tetra- + , , ray, spoke.].
A division of Spongiæ in which the spicules are siliceous and have four branches diverging at right angles. Called also Tetractinellinæ . [1913 Webster]
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