vibraculumn.

Brit.

/vʌɪˈbrakjᵿləm/, U.S.

/vaɪˈbrækjələm/

Forms: Plural vibracula.

Etymology: modern Latin, < Latin vibrāre to shake.

Zoology.

One of the long whip-like movable processes or organs possessed by certain polyzoans; now regarded as a modified zooid.

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1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 165 Eye tentacles deflected at the tips, beyond the eyes; vibracula much shorter, also deflected.

1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 225 But..there are some special organs of defence which were wanting in the Canda. One of these is called the vibraculum, or the whiplash.

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 457 The dilated bases of the vibracula contain muscles by the contraction of which the flagelliform appendage is moved.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	vibraculum
释义	vibraculumn. Brit. /vʌɪˈbrakjᵿləm/, U.S. /vaɪˈbrækjələm/ Forms: Plural vibracula. Etymology: modern Latin, < Latin vibrāre to shake. Zoology. One of the long whip-like movable processes or organs possessed by certain polyzoans; now regarded as a modified zooid. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > member of > vibraculum of whiplash1850 vibraculum1854 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 165 Eye tentacles deflected at the tips, beyond the eyes; vibracula much shorter, also deflected. 1865 P. H. Gosse Land & Sea (1874) 225 But..there are some special organs of defence which were wanting in the Canda. One of these is called the vibraculum, or the whiplash. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals viii. 457 The dilated bases of the vibracula contain muscles by the contraction of which the flagelliform appendage is moved. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1854
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