Gomphus (gomfus)

[NL., The dermal spicules [of Ro ellidæ ] are gomphi , stauri, and oxeas. Sollas, Encyc. Brit., XXIL. 422. gomuti, gomuto (gō-mö'ti, -tō), n. [Malay.] 1. The sago-palm, Arenga sac char if era.-2. The black fiber obtained from the sago-palm, remarkable for its power of resisting decay in water. This fiber is manufactured into cordage, plaited into ornaments, employed for thatching, and put to various other similar uses.