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‖ Comatula Zool.|kəʊˈmætjuːlə|
Pl. comatulæ |-liː|.
[L. fem. of comātulus, dim. of comātus (see comate).]
A genus of free-swimming Crinoid Echinoderms, of a radiate shape with (usually) ten cirrous arms; the feather-star.
1851Richardson Geol. viii. 228 Comatula has neither stem nor root. 1878Bell Gegenbauer's Comp. Anat. 204 In the young stages of the Comatulæ, a simple knob-like piece unites the skeleton of the stalk with the body. |