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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See
Illustration in Appendix.
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- noun zoology A kind of
pillar -likespine with a flattenedsummit covered with minutespinules orgranules , covering the surface of certainstarfishes .
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Latin paxillus ("peg")
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