pedicellaria
noun
one of the minute pincerlike structures common to starfish and sea urchins, used for cleaning and to capture tiny prey.
pedicellariae
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pluralof pedicellaria.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Now when the latter arise from the summit of a spine they form, in fact, a rude tridactyle pedicellariae, and such may be seen on the same spine together with the three lower branches.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
I wish I had space here to give a fuller abstract of Mr. Agassiz's interesting observations on the development of the pedicellariae.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
In this case the identity in nature between the arms of the pedicellariae and the movable branches of a spine, is unmistakable.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
But, as far as structure is concerned, I can see no similarity between tridactyle pedicellariae and avicularia.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
The gradation extends even to the manner in which ordinary spines and the pedicellariae, with their supporting calcareous rods, are articulated to the shell.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Charles Darwin
