Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Comatula \Co*mat"u*la\ (?; 135), n. [NL., fr. L. comatulus
   having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.] (Zo["o]l.)
   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}.