A kind of boat used in Canton. It is about 25 feet long and
is often rowed by women. Called also tankia.
Any one of numerous species of long, slender Alcyonaria belonging to Virgularia and allied genera of the family Virgularidæ. These corals are allied to the sea-pens, but have a long rodlike rhachis inclosing a slender, round or square, calcareous axis. The polyps are arranged in transv...
