sea-feathern.
A coral or polyp of the family Pennatulidæ.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Diploblastica > phylum Coelenterata > [noun] > class Anthozoa Actinozoa > order Alcyonaria > suborder Pennatulacea > member of family Pennatulidae
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sea-pen1764
pen-fish1787
pennatulid1869
1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 171 (margin) The Sea feather. [Described in text.]
1633 T. Johnson Gerard's Herball (new ed.) App. 1616 Myriophyllum marinum. The Sea Feather.
1750 G. Hughes Nat. Hist. Barbados 288 The Sea Feathers. These seldom grow, on the Shores of this Island, above two Feet and an half high.
1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 115 Sea-feathers (genus Pennatula and others).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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