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Meaning Of Pedicellaria
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.