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Webster 1913 Edition


Crinoid

Cri′noid

(krī′noid)
,
Adj.
[See
Crinoidea
.]
(Zool.)
Crinoidal.
Noun.
One of the Crinoidea.

Definition 2024


crinoid

crinoid

English

Noun

crinoid (plural crinoids)

  1. One of the numerous animals that make up the Crinoidea class; the feather star or "sea lily".

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Adjective

crinoid (comparative more crinoid, superlative most crinoid)

  1. Relating to or sharing the qualities and features of the Crinoidea class.
    • 1936, HP Lovecraft, ‘The Haunter of the Dark’:
      It was treasured and placed in its curious box by the crinoid things of Antarctica, salvaged from their ruins by the serpent-men of Valusia, and peered at aeons later in Lemuria by the first human beings.

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