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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family
Virgularidæ . These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachis.
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- noun zoology Any of numerous
corals of Virgularia and alliedgenera in thefamily Virgularidae.
Etymologies
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Latin virgula a small rod.
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