Sclerobase

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

  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.


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