Vestlet

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

  Vestlet \Vest"let\, n. [Dim. of vest.] (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the
     genus {Cerianthus}. These animals have a long, smooth body
     tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles
     around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube
     with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence


     the name.
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