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Crinoidea
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Cri`noid´e`a    (krî`noid´ė`å)
n. pl.1.(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.
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Noun1.CrinoideaCrinoidea - sea lilies                          
Echinodermata, phylum Echinodermata - radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers
crinoid - primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders


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