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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMATULA

Co *mat "u *la, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc. , by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars.