"phaceloid" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle, faggot”) + -oid. Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|φάκελος||bundle, faggot}} Ancient Greek φάκελος (phákelos, “bundle, faggot”), {{suffix|en||oid}} + -oid Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} phaceloid (not comparable)
  1. Of a coral colony: having individual corallite tubes, joined at the base. Tags: not-comparable
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