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Webster 1913 Edition


Pennatula


Pen-nat′u-la

,
Noun.
;
pl. L.
Pennatulæ
(#)
, E.
Pennatulas
(#)
.
[NL., fr. L.
penna
a feather.]
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of
Pennatula
,
Pteroides
, and allied genera of
Alcyonaria
, having a featherlike form; a sea-pen. The zooids are situated along one edge of the side branches.

Definition 2024


pennatula

pennatula

See also: Pennatula

English

Noun

pennatula (plural pennatulas or pennatulae)

  1. (zoology) Any of numerous species of Pennatula, Pteroides, and allied genera of Alcyonaria, having a feather-like form; a sea pen.

Italian

Noun

pennatula f (plural pennatule)

  1. sea pen (of order Pennatulacea)