comatula

See also: Comatula

English

Noun

comatula (plural comatulas or comatulae)

  1. A feather star of the genus Comatula.
    • 1891, Hubbard Winslow Mitchell, The Evolution of Life, Or, Causes of Change in Animal Forms, page 88:
      The comatulas are more delicate in structure, a modern variety being found on our own coast near South Carolina.
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