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Pedicellaria (gcide) | Pedicellaria \Ped`i*cel*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. Pedicellari[ae].
[NL. See Pedicel.] (Zool.)
A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers
upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two
movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite,
sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a
pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Pedicellariae (gcide) | Pedicellaria \Ped`i*cel*la"ri*a\, n.; pl. Pedicellari[ae].
[NL. See Pedicel.] (Zool.)
A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers
upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two
movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite,
sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a
pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.
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