An alternative spelling of botryllus, a small colonial sea creature that looks like a tiny bunch of grapes clustered together.
Variant of botryllus from Greek botryos (bunch of grapes) + Modern Latin -us, with -lle as a secondary variant form used in some European languages.
Different languages adapted the grape-cluster naming differently—French speakers wrote 'botrylle' while scientists in other regions used 'botryllus,' showing how Latin scientific names evolved as they traveled across borders and languages.
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