Pennatula: alternatives and connections

A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.

A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…

A strait or narrow sea between two seas, or a lake and a seas; as, the Bosporus (formerly the Thracian Bosporus) or Strait of Constant…

A stone /et along a margin as a and protection, as along the edge of a sidewalk next the roadway; an edge stone.

One of the secondary, and usually sexual, zooids produced by budding or fission from the primary zooids, in animals having alternate g…

To be drawn along, as a rope or dress, on the ground; to trail; to be moved onward along the ground, or along the bottom of the sea, a…

Any bird of the family Bucerotidae, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical pa…

One of the flat, leaflike, protective zooids, covering other zooids of certain Siphonophora.

All the zooids of a hydroid colony collectively, including the nutritive and reproductive zooids, and often other kinds.

Any one of numerous species of tropical American birds of the genus Galbula and allied genera. They are allied to the kingfishers, but…

Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are s…

Any one of numerous species of small beetles of the genus Coccinella and allied genera (family Coccinellidae); -- called also ladybug,…

Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in…

Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species (L…

Any one of numerous species of voracious orthopterous insects of the genus Mantis, and allied genera. They are remarkable for their sl…

Any one of numerous species of Asiatic starlings of the genera Acridotheres, Sturnopastor, Sturnia, Gracula, and allied genera. In hab…

The points of a pen; also, the pointed part of a pen; a short pen adapted for insertion in a holder.

Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chicke…