vexilla

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vexilla - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Vexillum \Vex*il"lum\, n.; pl. Vexilla. [L., a standard, a
     flag.]
     1. (Rom. Antiq.)
        (a) A flag or standard.
        (b) A company of troops serving under one standard.
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     2. (Eccl.)
        (a) A banner.
        (b) The sign of the cross.
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     3. (Bot.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the
        standard.
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     4. (Zool.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together;
        the vane.
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