vexillum

The vexillum was a particular kind of flag used by the Roman legions.

Finally, a vexillum traditionally marked the commander's position on the battlefield.

It remains unknown what images, if any, were painted or embroidered on the vexillum.

The vexillum has a structure that allows it to send back strong signals, even if the source of the signal is off to one side.

This family of snails is also sometimes referred to as Vexillum miters.

The bearer of a vexillum was known as a vexillarius or vexillifer.

The strictest definition specified in the ultimate sentence describes a vexillum.

His duty was to carry the vexillum, a military standard displaying the name and emblem of the legion.

A legionary detachment (vexillatio) would also have its own vexillum.

The vexillum is shorter than the wings.

The study of flags is known as vexillology, from the Latin vexillum meaning flag or banner.

The difference in the size of the cells on the calyx under the vexillum right down to the common peduncle is conspicuous.

For example vexillum is used by the Legion of Mary as the term for its standards.

The school yearbook is known as The Vexillum.

In addition, there was a vexillarius, who bore the cohort's vexillum, on double-pay.

The vexillum was borne by a vexillarius.

A miniature vexillum, mounted on a silver base, was sometimes awarded to officers as a recognition of their service upon retirement or reassignment.

Species within the genus Vexillum include:

Technically, the word labarum is Latin for a type of vexillum, a military standard with a flag hanging from a horizontal crossbar.

At the legionary level, the vexillarius had charge of the commander's vexillum, or banner, and accompanied the legatus in the field.

In these cases, the detached subunits carried only the vexillum, and not the aquila, and were called, therefore, vexillationes.

The invasive carpet sea squirt, Didemnum vexillum, was found in the Lough in 2012.

Vexillum strictecostatum (von Maltzan, 1884)

The Roman Vexillum itself is also "flag-like" in the sense that it was suspended from a horizontal crossbar as opposed to a simple flagpole.

Vexillum taylorianum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.