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Definition of Trichite sheaf

Trichite sheaf
Trichite Trich"ite, n. [Gr. ?, ?, hair.] 1. (Min.) A kind of crystallite resembling a bunch of hairs, common in obsidian. See Illust. of Crystallite. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A delicate, hairlike siliceous spicule, found in certain sponges. Trichite sheaf (Zo["o]l.), one of the small sheaflike fascicles of slender set[ae] characteristic of certain sponges. See Illust. under Spicule.

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