Anaxonia

plural noun

An·​ax·​o·​nia

ˌaˌnakˈsōnēə

: the organisms that have no distinct axis regarded as a group

—opposed to Axonia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from an- + Axonia

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined above

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