Flabellocrinus (flabelokrinus)

[NL., flabellum (fla-bel'um), n.; pl. flabella (-a). [L., a fan: see flabel, n.] 1. A fan, used in the Greek and Armenian churches to drive away insects IMG:content-1411.jpg:[blocks in formation] from the bread and wine during the celebration of the eucharist. Its ordinary use in the Roman Catholic Church ceased as early as the fourteenth century, but survives in the large fans, still known as fla bell a, carried by the attendants of the pope in proce ions on certain festivals. Also called flabrum. 2. In Crusta cea, same as epipodite.-3. [ cap.] In Ac tinozoa, a genus of a porose madrepоrarian corals, of the family Turbinoliida.-4. In ichth., specifically, same as serrula. Sagemehl, 1884. Flabellum a lab a strum , def. 3.