'feather stars' definitions:
Definition of 'feather stars'
From: GCIDE
- Comatula \Co*mat"u*la\ (?; 135), n. [NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.] (Zool.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars. [1913 Webster]