Fascicular i a (fasikularia)

[NL., fascicularly (fa-sik'ū-lär-li), adv. Same as fasciculately. fasciculate, fasciculated (fa-sik'ū-lāt, -la-ted), a. [NL. fasciculatus, Asterias, or cea star, with twelve broad rays finely reticulated, and roughened with fasciculated long papillæ on the upper part. Pennant , Brit. Zoöl., IV. IMG:content-1109.png:[blocks in formation] [ fascicule , fascicule (fas'i-kūl), n. fasciculus, a small bundle: see fascicle.] In entom., a bundle of close-set hairs, usually converging at the top: used of the clothing of insects.