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pennatulacean, a. and n. Zool.|pɛnætjuːˈleɪʃ(ɪ)ən|
[f. mod.L. Pennatulacea neut. pl., f. Pennatula, the typical genus.]
a. adj. Belonging to the order Pennatulacea of alcyonarian polyps.
b. n. A polyp of this order. So pennatuˈlaceous |-ˈeɪʃəs| a., pennatuˈlarian a. and n., pennatuˈlarious a. = prec.; pennatulid |pɛˈnætjuːlɪd|, a polyp of the family Pennatulidæ, of which Pennatula, the sea-pen, is the typical genus; peˈnnatuloid a., resembling or allied to this genus.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex. 900/2 A Family (Pennatularia) of Zoöphytes, having the Pennatula for their type: pennatularious. 1885Athenæum 30 May 699/2 On a pennatulid obtained..in the Japanese Sea at a depth of seventy-one fathoms. |