Elastose

(e-las'-tos). toe. of the forms of peptone resulting from the gastric digestion of elastin. I Elater (elf-at-er). In biology, (a) cne of the thread-like, usually spirally-coiled, bodies found in the sporangia of mo es, liverworts, and equisetum. They serve for the dispersion of spores. lb One of the free filaments of the capillitium of the slime-moulds, (c) One of the elastic anal bristles of the insect called spring-tail.