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Crinoidea


Cri-noid′e-a

(krī̍-noid′ē̍-ȧ)
,
Noun.
pl.
[NL., from Gr.
κρίνον
lily +
-oid
: cf. F.
crinoïde
.]
(Zool.)
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
.

Definition 2024


Crinoidea

Crinoidea

Translingual

Proper noun

Crinoidea

  1. A taxonomic class within the subphylum Pelmatozoa – the crinoids.

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