Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pennatula"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pennatula \Pen*nat"u*la\, n.; pl. L. {Pennatul[ae]}, E.
{Pennatulas}. [NL., fr. L. penna a feather.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Pennatula
n : type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens [syn: {Pennatula},
{genus Pennatula}]
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