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crinoid
| crinoidal
| crinoidea
| crinoidean
| crinoline
| crinoline fabric
crinoid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun crinoid has 1 sense
- crinoid(n = noun.animal) Array - primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk; Array is a kind of echinoderm
is a member of class crinoidea, crinoidea
has particulars: sea lily, comatulid, feather star
Derived form adjective crinoid1
Adjective crinoid has 1 sense
OXFORD DICTIONARY
crinoid, n. & adj.
--n. any echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, usu. sedentary with feathery arms, e.g. sea lilies and feather stars.
--adj. lily-shaped.
--n. any echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, usu. sedentary with feathery arms, e.g. sea lilies and feather stars.
--adj. lily-shaped.
Derivative
crinoidal adj.
Etymology
Gk krinoeides f. krinon lily
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