synapta

[Gr.synaptos=fastened together, continuous.] Zool & Palæont . A genus of Holothuroide, belonging to the order Apoda, or to the family Synaptide (q.v.). The body is vermiform or slug-shaped, and the calcareous matter secreted by the integument is reduced to scattered spicules. Calcareous spiculæ from the Coal-measures, and from Secondary and Tertiary deposits have been referred to this genus. syn-ăp-tāse, s . [SYNAPTA.] [EMULSIN.] syn-ap-tic-u-læ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat., from Gr. synaptos =fastened together.] Zool .: Transverse calcareous bars which stretch the interseptal loculi in the Fungide, and form a kind of trellis-work, uniting the opposite faces of adjacent rep a †syn-ap-ti-dæ, s. pl . [Mod. Latin synapt (a); Lat. fem. pl adj. suff.- idæ .] Zool .: A family of the Holothuridan sub-order Apneumona. No respiratory tree; ambulacral tube feet wanting. [SYNAPTA.]