Aspergillum

[,æspә'dʒilәm]

Definition

(n.) The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people.

(n.) See Wateringpot shell.

Edited by Ben

Definition

n. a remarkable genus of boring Lamellibranch Molluscs in which the shell has the form of an elongated cone terminating at the lower end in a disc pierced by numerous small tubular holes.—n. Aspergil′lus the name of a genus of minute fungi or moulds occurring on decaying substances of various kinds.

Typed by Geoffrey