tylo-|taɪləʊ|before a vowel or htyl-|tɪl|, combining form repr.Gr. τύλος knob, or τύλη callus, cushion, used in a few terms of zoology. tylheˈxactine[see hexactine under hexa-], a six-rayed sponge-spicule having a knob at the end of each ray. ˈtyloclad[Gr. κλάδος shoot, branch], a sponge-spicule knobbed at one end and branched at the other. ˈtylopod[Gr. πούς, ποδ- foot], a. having pads on the digits instead of hoofs; belonging to the Tylopoda, a group of ruminants comprising the camels and llamas (synonymous with Camelidæ); n. a member of the Tylopoda; so tyˈlopodousa.ˈtylostyle[Gr. στῦλος pillar] (also in L. form tyloˈstylus), a sponge-spicule of the form of a rod with a knob at one end (the other end being pointed); also attrib.or asadj.; so tyloˈstylar, tyloˈstylote, adjs., pertaining to, or of the form of, a tylostyle.1909Cent.Dict.Suppl., *Tylhexactine.1888Sollas in Challenger Rep. XXV. p. lv, *Tyloclad. The esactine is tylote and the ecactine cladose.[1878Bell Gegenbaur's Comp.Anat. 483 In the Tylopoda and Solidungula this end of the ulna has quite disappeared.]1891Cent.Dict., *Tylopod, *Tylopodous.1902Cassell's Encycl.Dict., Suppl., *Tylostylar.1886R. von Lendenfeld in Proc.Zool.Soc. 21 Dec. 574 The supporting skeleton, composed of bundles of monaxonid not *tylostyle spicules, is strengthened by spongin.Ibid., Spicules tetraxon, monaxon (tylostylus), or absent.1887Sollas in Encycl.Brit. XXII. 423/1 (Sponges) Polymastidae.—Skeleton consisting of styles radiately arranged and cortical tylostyles.1886R. von Lendenfeld in Proc.Zool.Soc. 21 Dec. 590 Spicules polyact, tetract, lithistid, *tylostylote, or stylote, never cemented with spongin.
tylo-/tʌɪləʊ/combining form. Before a vowel also tyl-.
ORIGIN: from Greektulos knob or tulē callus, cushion: see -o-.
Chiefly Zoology & Medicine. A knob, a callus, a swelling, a lump.