comatula

See also: Comatula

English

Noun

comatula (plural comatulas or comatulae)

1. A feather star of the genus Comatula.
   • 1891, Hubbard Winslow Mitchell, The Evolution of Life, Or, Causes of Change in Animal Forms, page 88:

     The comatulas are more delicate in structure, a modern variety being found on our own coast near South Carolina.