Hexactinelline

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hexactinelline \Hex*ac`ti*nel"line\, a. [From NL.
     Hexactinellin[ae], fr. Gr. "e`x six + a dim. of ?, ?, a ray.]
     (Zool.)
     Belonging to the {Hexactinellin[ae]}, a group of sponges,
     having six-rayed siliceous spicules.
     [1913 Webster]