Pedicellariae

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
     [1913 Webster]