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Webster 1913 Edition

Clypeastroid

Clypˊe-as′troid

,

Adj.

[NL.

Clypeaster

(L.

clupeus

shield +

aster

star) +

-oid

.]

(Zool.)

Like or related to the genus

Clupeaster

; – applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.