hexameral
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- prehexameral adjective
Etymology
Origin of hexameral
First recorded in 1875–80; hexamer(ous) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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In many of these so-called rugose forms the septa have a characteristic arrangement, differing from that of recent corals chiefly in the fact that they show a tetrameral instead of a hexameral symmetry.
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