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Webster 1913 Edition
Virgularian
Virˊgu-la′ri-an
,Noun.
[From. L.
virgula
a small rod.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to
Virgularia
and allied genera of the family Virgularidae
. 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.