PEDICELLARIA

‖Ped′i‐cel‐la″ri‐a (?), n.; pl. Pedicellariæ (#). [[NL. See Pedicel.]] (Zoöl.) 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. See Illustration in Appendix.