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Meaning Of Pennatulacea
n. pl.
A division of alcyonoid corals, including the
seapens and related kinds. They are able to move about by means of the
hollow muscular peduncle, which also serves to support them upright in
the mud. See Pennatula, and Illust. under Alcyonaria.