virgula

noun8

1. •
   (rare) Any small rod.
2. •
   A small, thin, straight growth
3. •
   (rare) Synonym of virgule: a punctuation mark.

   • A Point with a Virgula, call'd a Semicolon. — 1728
4. •
   (no longer used) The spines of a ray.
5. •
   (no longer used) The sicula of a graptolite.
6. •
   (no longer used) A divining or dowsing rod.
7. •
   (no longer used) Synonym of stem: the tail of a note.
8. •
   (no longer used, historical) Synonym of virga: one of the neumes of medieval musical notation.