Search Result for "pennatula":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. type genus of the family Pennatulidae: sea pens;
[syn: Pennatula, genus Pennatula]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pennatula \Pen*nat"u*la\, n.; pl. L. Pennatul[ae], 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. [1913 Webster]
