Crinoidea
    n 1: sea lilies [syn: Crinoidea, class Crinoidea]

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.
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