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(), n.[NL., fr. Gr. "y°alos glass + a thread.] (Zol.) 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 (H. Sieboldii), called glass-rope, has long been in use as an ornament. See Glass-rope. スポンサード リンク
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