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dendroid
(den|droid)
Pronunciation:
/ˈdɛndrɔɪd/
adjective
Biology
(of a plant, marine invertebrate, or structure) tree-shaped; branching.
noun
Palaeontology
a graptolite of a type that formed much-branched colonies, found chiefly in the Ordovician and Silurian periods.
Order
Dendroidea
, class
Graptolithina
Origin:
mid 19th century
: from
dendro-
'tree'
+
-oid
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