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Webster 1913 Edition
Veretillum
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Verˊe-til′lum
,Noun.
[L., dim. of
veretrum
the private parts.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound Alcyonaria belonging to
Veretillum
and allied genera, of the tribe Pennatulacea
. The whole colony can move about as if it were a simple animal.