What is one of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes called?
ossicle — (Zoöl.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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