isidae

isidae
\\ˈīsəˌdē, ˈizə-\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Isis, type genus (from Greek, originally Egyptian goddess of motherhood and the family) + -idae
: a family of gorgonians having an axis composed of alternating horny and calcareous joints

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