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Pedicellaria
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pedicellaria'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pedicellaria.html. 1828.