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Определение pedicellaria в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь
- A small, stalk-shaped structure of the sea urchin and other echinoderms, which has three pincer-like structures at the end that perform cleaning functions and serve as defense against predators
- See Illustration in Appendix
- A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini
- Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel