Meanings
adjectivephaceloid (not comparable)
- not comparableOf a coral colony: having individual corallite tubes, joined at the base.
On the other hand, species lacking zooxanthellae preferentially form solitary coralla or poorly integrated colonies (i.e. with little or no connecting tissue) and have larger corallites; e.g., phaceloid growth forms.
2016 January 12, “Fine-Scale Skeletal Banding Can Distinguish Symbiotic from Asymbiotic Species among Modern and Fossil Scleractinian Corals”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Ancient Greekφάκελος“bundle, faggot”
- Englishphaceloid
From Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle, faggot”) + -oid.
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phaceloid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phaceloid
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