(obsolete) A taxonomic genus within the classCrinoidea — feather stars, that, when young, are fixed by a stem to a surface, when adult, are detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsalcirri.
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Noun
Singular:
comatula
Plural:
comatulas
Origin of Comatula
From Latincomatulus (“having hair neatly curled”), diminutive from coma hair.
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