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streptaster

noun
strep·​tas·​ter | \ strepˈtastə(r)\
plural -s

Definition of streptaster

: a sponge spicule having the form of a modified aster in which the rays do not meet at a common center but radiate from an axis

History and Etymology for streptaster

New Latin, from strept- + -aster

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