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Pedicellaria
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Pedˊi-cel-la′ri-a
,Noun.
pl.
Pedicellariæ
(#)
. [NL. See
Pedicel
.] (Zool.)
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.