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Webster 1913 Edition


Paleechinoidea


Paˊle-ëchˊi-noi′de-a

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Paleo-
, and
Echinoidea
.]
(Zool.)
An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks. They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called also
Palaeechini
.
[Written also
Palaeechinoidea
.]