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Webster 1913 Edition


Spatangoidea


Spatˊan-goi′de-a

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Spatangus
, and
-oid
.]
(Zool.)
An order of irregular sea urchins, usually having a more or less heart-shaped shell with four or five petal-like ambulacra above. The mouth is edentulous and situated anteriorly, on the under side.