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Webster 1913 Edition


Oculinacea


Ocˊu-li-na′-ce-a

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Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. NL.
oculina
the name of a typical genus.]
(Zool.)
A suborder of corals including many reef-building species, having round, starlike calicles.