flustriform

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adjective

Having colonies formed of nonrigid lightly calcified branches

Scrabble 19
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Meanings

adjectiveflustriform (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving colonies formed of nonrigid lightly calcified branches

    […] flustriform cheilostomes such as Flustra foliacea. These have weakly mineralized skeletons which allow colonies to bend in the currents.

    2020, Paul D. Taylor, Bryozoan Paleobiology, page 109
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    […] minute flustriform corals and foraminiferous shells, which were detected by Mr. Bowerbank, who has had the kindness to examine the specimens for me microscopically.

    1846, Proceedings of the Geological Society of London: November 1826 to June 1833, volume 4, page 571
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