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paxillus |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paxillus \Pax*il"lus\, n.; pl {Paxilli}. [L., a peg.] (Zo["o]l.) One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.
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