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Definition of: vexillum
(vek·sil′əm) noun plural vex·il·la (vek·sil′ə)
1. In Roman antiquity, a square flag, or standard; hence, a company or troop of soldiers serving under a separate standard.
2. Bot. The large upper petal of a papilionaceous flower.
3. Ornithol. The web of a feather. [<L <vehere carry]
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