Veretillum

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

  Veretillum \Ver`e*til"lum\, n. [L., dim. of veretrum the private
     parts.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound
     Alcyonaria belonging to {Veretillum} and allied genera, of
     the tribe {Pennatulacea}. The whole colony can move about as
     if it were a simple animal.


     [1913 Webster] Vergalieu