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Veretillum

Ver`e*til"lum\, n. [L., dim. of veretrum the private parts.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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