abaculus
Americannoun
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abaculiEtymology
Origin of abaculus
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For their study, published earlier this month in Nature Ecology & Evolution, the pair performed a micro-CT scan on one well-preserved fossil of a species called Avalofractus abaculus, found in Spaniard’s Bay, Newfoundland, to examine its three-dimensional structure in fine detail.
From Scientific American
One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
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