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[syn: Crinoidea, class Crinoidea]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Crinoidea \Cri*noid"e*a\ (kr[-i]*noid"[-e]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL.,
from Gr. kri`non lily + -oid: cf. F. crino["i]de.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Crinoidea
n 1: sea lilies [syn: Crinoidea, class Crinoidea]