\En`cri*noid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Encrinus} and
{-oid}.] (Zo["o]l.)
That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living
and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin
of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata.
See Illusts. under {Comatula} and {Crinoidea}.