資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Virgularian \Vir`gu*la"ri*an\, n. [From. L. virgula a small
   rod.] (Zo["o]l.)
   Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria
   belonging to {Virgularia} and allied genera of the family
   {Virgularid[ae]}. These corals are allied to the sea-pens,
   but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or
   square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in
   transverse rows or clusters along each side of the rhachis.