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Hyalonema (gcide) | Hyalonema \Hy`a*lo*ne"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`alos glass + ? a
thread.] (Zool.)
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem
composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres
twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the
Japanese species (Hyalonema Sieboldii), called
glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See
Glass-rope.
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Hyalonema Sieboldii (gcide) | Hyalonema \Hy`a*lo*ne"ma\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "y`alos glass + ? a
thread.] (Zool.)
A genus of hexactinelline sponges, having a long stem
composed of very long, slender, transparent, siliceous fibres
twisted together like the strands of a color. The stem of the
Japanese species (Hyalonema Sieboldii), called
glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See
Glass-rope.
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