veretillum

noun

ver·​e·​til·​lum

ˌverəˈtiləm

1

capitalized : a genus of club-shaped pennatulaceans with zooids distributed irregularly all round the rachis that occur at moderate depths in the Mediterranean and Atlantic

2

plural -s : any animal of the genus Veretillum

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, diminutive of veretrum genitals; akin to Latin vereri to fear

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