Veretillum \Ver`e*til"lum\, n. [L., dim. of veretrum the private
parts.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of club-shaped, compound
Alcyonaria belonging to {Veretillum} and allied genera, of
the tribe {Pennatulacea}. The whole colony can move about as
if it were a simple animal.
[1913 Webster] Vergalieu