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Webster 1913 Edition


Vestlet

Vest′let

,
Noun.
[Dim. of
vest
.]
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the genus
Cerianthus
. These animals have a long, smooth body tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence the name.