Dictionary entry

Veretillum

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Ver′e‐til″lum (?), n. [L., dim. of veretrum the private parts.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound Alcyonaria belonging to Veretillum and allied genera, of the tribe Pennatulacea. The whole colony can move about as if it were a simple animal.