Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Crinoidea"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Crinoidea \Cri*noid"e*a\ (kr>isl/*noid"[-e]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL.,
from Gr. kri`non lily + -oid: cf. F. crino["i]de.] (Zo["o]l.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Crinoidea
n : sea lilies [syn: {Crinoidea}, {class Crinoidea}]
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