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Webster 1913 Edition
Echinozoa
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E-chiˊno-zo′a
(ē̍-kīˊnō̍-zō′ȧ)
, Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἐχῖνοσ
an echinus + ζῶ,ον
an animal.] (Zoöl.)
The Echinodermata.
Definition 2024
Echinozoa
Echinozoa
Translingual
Proper noun
Echinozoa
- A taxonomic subphylum within the phylum Echinodermata – free-living echinoderms in which the body is essentially globoid with meridional symmetry.
Hypernyms
- (subphylum): Animalia - kingdom; Eumetazoa - subkingdom; Bilateria, Nephrozoa - clades; Deuterostomia - superphylum; Echinodermata - phylum
Hyponyms
- (subphylum): Echinoidea, Holothuroidea - classes
References
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521