n.
A band of minute tubercles, bearing modified spines, on the shells of spatangoid sea urchins. See Spatangoidea. →
v. i.
To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce. →
n. pl.
A division of Hydroidea, including those genera that secrete a stony coral, as Millepora and Stylaster. Two forms of zooids in life project from small pores in the coral and resemble those of other hydroids. See Millepora. →
n.
A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence. →