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Webster 1913 Edition

Paxillus

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Pax-il′lus

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Noun.
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pl.
Paxilli
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[L., a peg.]
(Zool.)
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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