Urnatella

noun

Ur·​na·​tel·​la

ˌərnəˈtelə

: a genus (the type of a family Urnatellidae) of eastern North American colonial freshwater entoproctans that form small colonies of bell-shaped zooids on the underside of stones in running water

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from Latin urna urn + -ella

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