microcalthrop

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microcalthrop also microcaltrop (noun; Greek mikros, small; Medieval Latin calcitrapa, a four-pointed weapon): (Porifera) A microsclere tetraxon spicule with four rays, one elongated and three short; a euaster with 4 persistent rays.