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sertularian

[ sur-choo-lair-ee-uhn ]

noun

Zoology.
  1. a type of hydroid that forms stiff, feathery colonies in which the cups holding the zooids are sessile.


sertularian

/ ËŒ²õɜ˳ÙÂáʊˈ±ôɛə°ùɪə²Ô /

noun

  1. any of various hydroid coelenterates of the genus Sertularia, forming feathery colonies of long branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sertularian1

1840–50; < New Latin Sertulari ( a ) genus name ( Latin sertul ( a ), diminutive of serta wreath + -Äå°ù¾±²¹ -aria ) + -an
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sertularian1

C18: from New Latin ³§±ð°ù³Ù³Ü±ôÄå°ù¾±²¹, from Latin sertula diminutive of serta a garland
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This fossil, referred, though somewhat doubtfully, to a form of hydrozoid or sertularian polyp, has not yet been met with in strata above the Silurian.

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About six species of Graptolite, a peculiar group of sertularian fossils before alluded to as being confined to Silurian rocks, occur in this shale.

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