Pennaria

noun
Pen·​nar·​ia | \ pəˈna(a)rēə\

Definition of Pennaria

: a genus (the type of the family Pennaridae) comprising gymnoblastic hydroids in which the hydranth has a basal whorl of ten to twelve tentacles with a number of short knobbed tentacles on the hypostome

History and Etymology for Pennaria

New Latin, perhaps from Latin penna feather, wing + New Latin -aria

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