Virgularia (ver gular i a)

[NL. (Lamarck, 1816), Virgulariidæ (ver"gū-lā-ri'- i-dē), n. pl . [NL., Virgu- lari a + -idæ .] A family of pennatulaceous alcyonarian polyps, typified by the genus Virgularia ; the sea-rods. They are related to the sea-pens, but are of long, slender, virgulate form. The rachis includes a slen- der axial rod, and the polypites are set in transverse rows or clus- ters on each side of nearly the whole length of the polypidom. virgulate ulate (vergu-lat), a . [ virgula , a little rod, + -atel.].] Rod-shaped. virgule virgule (ver'gūl), n. [F. virgule , a comma, a little rod, virgula , a little rod, dim. of virga , a rod: see vergel.] 1. A little rod; a twig.-2. A comma. Hal- lam , Lit. Hist. of Europe, i. 8. [Rare.] IMG:content-1877.png:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed][merged small]