halysites

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halysites - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Halysites \Hal`y*si"tes\ (h[a^]l`[i^]*s[imac]"t[=e]z), n. [NL.,
     fr. Gr. "a`lysis a chain.] (Paleon.)
     A genus of Silurian fossil corals; the chain corals. See
     Chain coral, under Chain.
     [1913 Webster]