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Meaning of VESTLET

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Vest"let\, n. [Dim. of vest.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of actinians belonging to the
genus {Cerianthus}. These animals have a long, smooth body
tapering to the base, and two separate circles of tentacles
around the mouth. They form a tough, flexible, feltlike tube
with a smooth internal lining, in which they dwell, whence
the name.
 

 

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