n. [ F. pédicelle. See Pedicle. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower. (b) A slender support of any special organ, as that of a capsule in mosses, an air vesicle in algæ, or a sporangium in ferns. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A slender stem by which certain of the lower animals or their eggs are attached. See Illust. of Aphis lion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) (a) The ventral part of each side of the neural arch connecting with the centrum of a vertebra. (b) An outgrowth of the frontal bones, which supports the antlers or horns in deer and allied animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pedicellate. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pedicellariæ [ NL. See Pedicel. ] (Zool.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL. See Pedicel. ] (Zool.) A genus of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell-shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta. [ 1913 Webster ]