vibracula

Variant of vibraculum

vibraculum definition

vi·bracu·lum (vī brak′yo̵̅o̅ ləm)

noun pl. vibracula -·u·la (-lə)

Zool. any of the specially modified zooids in a colony of bryozoans, with a whiplike, movable form

Etymology: ModL, dim. < L vibrare, to vibrate

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