Blastoidea
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Blas`toid´e`a
n. pl. | 1. | (Zool.) One of the divisions of Crinoidea found fossil in paleozoic rocks; pentremites. They are so named on account of their budlike form. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.