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Definition of Comatulids
1. comatulid [n] - See also: comatulid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Comatulids
Literary usage of Comatulids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1914)
"... the comatulids. A singular and rather confusing thing in this connection is
an incongruity in classification which must have escaped the author's eye. ..."
2. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"AUSTIN H. CLARK, National Museum.1 The fauna of the coasts of China and Japan
includes 92 recognized species and subspecies of comatulids, of which 2 are ..."
3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1910)
"... so that their central apical plate may possibly represent the dorso-central
instead of the centro-dorsal of other comatulids. The plates of the calyx, ..."
4. Outlines of zoology by John Arthur Thomson (1895)
"The free comatulids swim gracefully by bending and ... When comatulids break off
from their larval stalk, they carry with them the centro-dorsal plate, ..."
5. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"As the free- swimming crinoids are now so commonly called comatulids, it is not
an unwelcome discovery which thus rehabilitates ..."
6. Outlines of Zoology by John Arthur Thomson, Marion Isabel Newbigin (1906)
"The modern comatulids, eg the rosy feather-star ... The free comatulids swim
gracefully by bending and straightening their arms, and they have grappling ..."
7. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1922)
"For all the comatulids the greatest representation is between ... It is a very
curious fact that the comatulids found between 55° and 65° are all of medium ..."
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