Virgularian

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

  Virgularian \Vir`gu*la"ri*an\, n. [From. L. virgula a small
     rod.] (Zool.)
     Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria
     belonging to {Virgularia} and allied genera of the family
     {Virgularidae}. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but
     have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or


     square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in
     transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachis.
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