Sclerobase (? or ?), n. [Gr. sklhros hard + basis base.] (Zoöl.) The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Cœnenchyma. -- Sclerobasic (#), a.
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