Definition of Tylote

1. a cylindrical sponge [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tylote

tylion
tyloma
tyloma conjunctivae
tylopod
tylopoda
tylopods
tylose
tyloses
tylosin
tylosin reductase
tylosins
tylosis
tylosis ciliaris
tylosis linguae
tylote (current term)
tylotes
tylotic
tyloxapol
tymazoline
tymbal
tymbales
tymbals
tyme
tymes
tymovirus
tymp
tympan
tympan-
tympana

Literary usage of Tylote

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1895)
"The tylote spicules, of which the fibre is chiefly composed, are invested and held together by a considerable amount of very pale-coloured spongin, ..."

2. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission by United States Fish Commission (1902)
"... the rays very slender, minutely roughened, and somewhat tylote. ... total diameter 12 ft; no differentiated centrum; rays tylote, 6 to 12. ..."

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