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Plumularia Zool.|ˌpluːmjuːˈlɛərɪə|
[mod.L.; f. plūmula (see above).]
A genus of hydroids having a plume-like form. Hence plumuˈlarian, a., of or pertaining to Plumularia, or the family of which it is the type; n., a member of this family.
1859Kingsley Glaucus (ed. 4) 74 Mingled with them are Plumulariæ, always to be distinguished from Sertulariæ by polypes growing on one side of the branch, and not on both. 1872Allman Gymnobl. Hydroids 156 The beautiful plumularian group represented by the genus Aglaophenia. 1888Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 765 The colonies [of Hydroidea]..occasionally attain a great height, e.g. a Plumularian in the Pelew Islands that of a man. |