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[syn: Echinoidea, class Echinoidea]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Echinoidea \Ech`i*noi"de*a\, n. pl. [NL. See Echinus, and
-oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They
have a calcareous shell, usually more or less spheroidal or
disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with
movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid. [Written
also Echinidea, and Echinoida.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Echinoidea
n 1: sea urchins and sand dollars [syn: Echinoidea, class
Echinoidea]