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vibracula

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vi⋅brac⋅u⋅lum

  [vahy-brak-yuh-luhm]
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–noun, plural -la  [-luh] .
any of the modified polyps on the surface of certain bryozoan colonies, having a long, whiplike appendage that clears away debris.
Origin:
1850–55; < NL, equiv. to L vibrā(re) to shake + -culum -cule 2

Related forms:
vi⋅brac⋅u⋅lar, adjective
vi⋅brac⋅u⋅loid, adjective
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vi·brac·u·lum   (vī-brāk'yə-ləm)   
n.   pl. vi·brac·u·la (-lə)
One of the long, whiplike, modified zooids on the surface of certain bryozoan colonies.

[New Latin vibrāculum, from Latin vibrāre, to shake; see vibrate.]
vi·brac'u·lar (-lər) adj., vi·brac'u·loid' (-loid') adj.
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