comatulae

Variant of comatulid

comatulid definition

co·matu·lid (kō mac̸h′o̵̅o̅ lid′)

noun

feather star
also comatula co·mat′u·la (-lə)

Etymology: < ModL Comatulidae, name of the family (< L comatulus, having hair neatly curled, dim. of comatus, comate) + -id

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