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   ‖Comatula , n. [NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.] (Zool.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars.
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