sclerobase

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sclerobase - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sclerobase \Scler"o*base\ (? or ?), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard +
     ba`sis base.] (Zool.)
     The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or
     axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion
     . See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and
     Coenenchyma. -- Scler`o*ba"sic, a.
     [1913 Webster]