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Vibraculum

Vibraculum logo #21002• (n.) One of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. They are regarded as specially modified zooids, of nearly the same nature as Avicularia.
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vibraculum

vibraculum logo #21003(from the article `moss animal`) ...In the gymnolaemate Bugula the avicularia are movable on short stalks and closely resemble miniature birds` heads—hence the name avicularium. ...
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Vibraculum

Vibraculum logo #20972Vi·brac'u·lum noun ; plural Vibracula . [ New Latin , dim. from Latin vibrare to vibrate.] (Zoology) One of the movable, slender, spinelike organs or parts with which certain bryozoans are furnished. They are regarded as specially modified zooids, of nearly the same ...
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