"dististele" meaning in English

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          "text": "Coordinate term: proxistele"
        },
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          "ref": "1997 October, R[onald] L. Parsley, “The echinoderm classes Stylophora and Homoiostelea: non Calcichordata”, in The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 3, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 241:",
          "text": "The dististele in younger genera is greatly simplified from that of Coleicarpus and appears to function as a flexible buttressing rod to both hold the animal in place (into prevailing currents), as well as, provide a tail surface for locomotion.",
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        "The distal portion of the tail-like appendage on a homoiostele."
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          "text": "Coordinate term: proxistele"
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          "text": "The dististele in younger genera is greatly simplified from that of Coleicarpus and appears to function as a flexible buttressing rod to both hold the animal in place (into prevailing currents), as well as, provide a tail surface for locomotion.",
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