quadriradiate

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adjective

Having or consisting of four rays or similar radiating parts.

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Meanings

adjectivequadriradiate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving or consisting of four rays or similar radiating parts.
nounquadriradiate (plural quadriradiates)

plural quadriradiates

  1. A quadriradiate sponge-spicule.

    The skeleton is composed of triradiates arranged in a few confused layers in the walls of ascon-tubes. In addition to the triradiates, a few quadriradiates can occasionally be found.

    2023 November 24, Wikipedia contributors, “Clathrina mutsu”, in English Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation

Origin

From quadri- + radiate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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