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crinoid

DEFINITIONS OF: crinoid

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adj of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea

n primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk

Types:
sea lily
crinoid with delicate radiating arms and a stalked body attached to a hard surface
comatulid, feather star
free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms
Type of:
echinoderm
marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
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