'Sclerobase' definitions:

Definition of 'Sclerobase'

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  • Sclerobase \Scler"o*base\ (? or ?), n. [Gr. sklhro`s hard + ba`sis base.] (Zool.) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also {foot secretion}. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Coenenchyma. -- {Scler`o*ba"sic}, a. [1913 Webster]

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