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Vexillum   Listen
noun
Vexillum  n.  (pl. vexilla)  
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
(a)
A flag or standard.
(b)
A company of troops serving under one standard.
2.
(Eccl.)
(a)
A banner.
(b)
The sign of the cross.
3.
(Bot.) The upper petal of a papilionaceous flower; the standard.
4.
(Zool.) The rhachis and web of a feather taken together; the vane.





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