English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
acantho- (“spine”) + style (“animal part felt to resemble a pillar”)[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
acanthostyle (plural acanthostyles)
- (zoology) A spicule with tiny spines from monaxon sponges.
References[edit]
- ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN)
