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pennatula
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pennatula has 1 sense
- pennatula(n = noun.animal) genus pennatula - type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens; Array is a kind of coelenterate genus
is a member of family pennatulidae, pennatulidae
CIDE DICTIONARY
pennatula, n. [NL., fr. L. penna a feather.].
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. [1913 Webster]
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