Etymology

phaceloid

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Today it means: Of a coral colony: having individual corallite tubes, joined at the base. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φάκελος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφάκελος“bundle, faggot”
  2. English todayphaceloid

From Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle, faggot”) + -oid.

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