Crinoidea

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Crinoidea
       n : sea lilies [syn: {class Crinoidea}]