Meaning of CRINOIDEA
| Pronunciation: | | krI'noydeeu
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| | Definition: | | [n] sea lilies |
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| | Synonyms: | | class Crinoidea |
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| | See Also: | | Antedonidae, class, crinoid, Echinodermata, family Antedonidae, genus Ptilocrinus, phylum Echinodermata, Ptilocrinus | |
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| | Definition: | | \Cri*noid"e*a\ (kr>isl/*noid"[-e]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL.,
from Gr. kri`non lily + -oid: cf. F. crino["i]de.] (Zo["o]l.)
A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct
families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most
of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were
attached by a jointed stem. See {Blastoidea}, {Cystoidea},
{Comatula}.
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