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Meaning of holdfast

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

holdfast

noun

Definitions

  1. Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.

  2. A root-like structure that anchors aquatic sessile organisms, such as seaweed, other sessile algae, stalked crinoids, benthic cnidarians, and sponges, to the substrate.

  3. Actinomycosis.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/holdfast

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