pennatula

See also: Pennatula

English

Etymology

Noun

pennatula (plural pennatulas or pennatulae)

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

Further reading

pennatula in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
pennatula in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Italian

Noun

pennatula f (plural pennatule)

sea pen (of order Pennatulacea)

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