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{{Concept
|label=coenosteum
|lexical category=noun; plural <b>coenostea</b>
|etymology=Greek <i>koinos</i>, common; <i>osteon</i>, bone
|definition=1. ([[Cnidaria]]: [[Hydrozoa]]) The [[calcareous]] mass forming the [[skeleton]] of a [[compound]] [[coral]]. 

2. ([[Porifera]]: Sclerospongiae) The [[basal]] [[skeleton]] of a stromatoporoid [[sponge]].
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{{Concept scheme relation
|scheme=Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
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