Amblysiphonella

noun

Am·​bly·​si·​pho·​nel·​la

: a genus of thin-walled extinct calcareous sponges including important index fossils of Pennsylvanian age

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from ambly- + Latin siphon-, sipho + New Latin -ella

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

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