• (n.) Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidae. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachi...
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<zoology> Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidae. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rh...
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Vir`gu·la'ri·an noun [ From. Latin
virgula a small rod.]
(Zoology) Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to
Virgularia and allied genera of the family
Virgularidæ . These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosi...
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