fasciole

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noun

A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, found on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.

“anal fascioles”

OriginLatin fasciola →
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Meanings

nounfasciole (plural fascioles)

plural fascioles

  1. biologyA band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, found on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins.

    anal fascioles

    2 more examples

    aboral fascioles

    lateral fascioles

Origin

  1. Latinfasciola“a little bandage”
  2. Englishfasciole

Borrowed from Latin fasciola (“a little bandage”). See fascia.

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APA

fasciole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fasciole

MLA

“fasciole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fasciole. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fasciole,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fasciole.

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