Stylaster

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stylaster \Sty*las"ter\, n. [NL., from Gr. sty^los pillar +
     'asth`r star.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of delicate, usually pink,
     calcareous hydroid corals of the genus {Stylaster}.
     [1913 Webster]