Definition of Tetraxon

1. tetract [n -S] - See also: tetract

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tetraxon

tetration
tetratomic
tetratriacontane
tetratriacontanoic
tetratriacontanoic acid
tetratricopeptide
tetratricopeptides
tetraubiquitin
tetravalence
tetravalency
tetravalent
tetrawickmanite
tetraxenon
tetraxenongold
tetraxile
tetraxon (current term)
tetraxons
tetrazene
tetrazepam
tetrazine
tetrazines
tetrazo-
tetrazole
tetrazoles
tetrazolinone
tetrazolinones
tetrazolium
tetrazolium salts
tetrazoliums
tetrazolyl

Literary usage of Tetraxon

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

1. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"... form with tetraxon spicules. In both cases the form of spicule may be explained as an adaptation to the canal system and architecture of the primitive ..."

2. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"60, a, b) or tetraxon (Fig. 60, c, d. ... Typically with tetraxon spicules, Example: Geodia. Order 2. ... 60, a, b), but no tetraxon spicules (c, d). ..."

3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1919)
"... of tetraxon or caltrop type (four arms equal). Ends thickened or rooted (PI. II, fig. 6). Trider. ..."

4. Outlines of Evolutionary Biology by Arthur Dendy (1912)
"Amongst other tilings they usually have a scaly epidermic covering, but they never have hair; they lay large, O Fro. 88.—Series of tetraxon Sponge Spicules, ..."

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