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comatula

comatula noun: a feather star of the genus Comatula.

Noun

comatula (plural comatulas or comatulae)

  1. A feather star of the genus Comatula.
    • The comatulas are more delicate in structure, a modern variety being found on our own coast near South Carolina.1891, Hubbard Winslow Mitchell, The Evolution of Life, Or, Causes of Change in Animal Forms, page 88

Forms of comatula

pluralcomatulas
pluralcomatulae

Questions about comatula

What does comatula mean?
Comatula means a feather star of the genus Comatula.
What part of speech is comatula?
Comatula is a noun.
What is the plural of comatula?
The plural of comatula is comatulas.

Words near comatula in the dictionary

  1. comatosing
  2. comatosity
  3. comatous
  4. comatrices
  5. comatrix
  6. comatula
  7. comatulae
  8. comatulas
  9. comatulid
  10. comatulids
  11. Comaty

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