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Definition of Sertularian
1. Noun. Feathery colony of long-branched stems bearing stalkless paired polyps.
Definition of Sertularian
1. n. Any species of Sertularia, or of Sertularidæ, a family of hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecæ. Also used adjectively.
Definition of Sertularian
1. Noun. Any species of genus Sertularella, or of family ''Sertulariidae'', hydroids having branched chitinous stems and simple sessile hydrothecae. ¹
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Medical Definition of Sertularian
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sertularian
Literary usage of Sertularian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Infusoria: Including a Description of All Known Flagellate by William Saville-Kent (1880)
"The delineation of this species, given in the accompanying plate, is derived from
an example dredged—attached to a sertularian zoophyte—from a depth of ..."
2. Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Commanded by the Late Captain by John MacGillivray, George Busk, Robert Gordon Latham, Edward Forbes, Adam White (1852)
"AN ACCOUNT OF THE POLYZOA, AND sertularian ZOOPHYTES, collected in the Voyage of
the Rattlesnake, on the Coasts of Australia and the Louisiade Archipelago, ..."
3. The Aquarian Naturalist: A Manual for the Sea-side by Thomas Rymer Jones (1858)
"sertularian ZOOPHYTES. FEW amongst our lady readers but have amused themselves
during the leisure hours of their visits to the sea-side in collecting upon ..."
4. Through Magic Glasses, and Other Lectures: A Sequel to The Fairyland of Science by Arabella Burton Buckley (1907)
"67) and looked at it through the lens, that each thread of the dense fringe, in
itself not a quarter of an inch deep, turns out to be a tiny sertularian ..."
5. Report by British Association for the Advancement of Science (1864)
"sertularian zoophytes from Port Natal, Algoa Bay, and Table Bay, in South Africa, G.
Busk on, 1850, и 8. the character of the, 1852, 78. zoophytes, Prof. ..."
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