virgularian
English
Etymology
Latin virgula (“a small rod”).
Noun
virgularian (plural virgularians)
- (zoology) Any of numerous corals of Virgularia and allied genera in the family Virgularidae.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for virgularian in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)