Definition of Crinoidal

1. a. Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.

Definition of Crinoidal

1. Adjective. (zoology) Relating to, consisting of, or containing crinoids. ¹

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Definition of Crinoidal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crinoidal

crinkle
crinkle-root
crinkle root
crinkled
crinkleroot
crinkles
crinklier
crinkliest
crinkliness
crinkling
crinklings
crinkly
crinky
crinogenic
crinoid
crinoidal (current term)
crinoidean
crinoideans
crinoids
crinoline
crinolined
crinolines
crinophagy
crinose
crinosities
crinosity
crinum
crinums
criollo
criollos

Literary usage of Crinoidal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"On a crinoidal Horizon in the Upper Carboniferous. Science, New York, NY, (N. Ser. ... crinoidal ..."

2. The Ancient Life-history of the Earth: A Comprehensive Outline of the by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1877)
"Slab ot crinoidal marble, from the Carboniferous limestone of Dent, in Yorkshire, of the natural size. The polished surface intersects the columns of the ..."

3. The Quarterly Journal by Geological society of London (1851)
"As is well known, there is a very fine specimen of a crinoidal stem enclosed in ... Immediately on perceiving the crinoidal joints in the freshly broken ..."

4. Descriptive Catalogue of the Fossil Organic Remains of Invertebrata by Museum, Royal College of Surgeons of England (1856)
"Parts of crinoidal Columns. 1836. A polished slab of dark limestone with numerous ... A slab of dark limestone covered with portions of crinoidal stems, ..."

5. The Journal of Geology by University of Chicago Department of Geology and Paleontology (1905)
"There is shown above the bone- bed at least three feet of this crinoidal limestone ... This crinoidal zone apparently corresponds stratigraphically to the ..."

6. Proceedings by Alabama Industrial and Scientific Society (1891)
"They are in the out-crops of a very highly fossil!ferous, coarse grain siliceous, crinoidal limestone that has a cover of reddish and greenish argillaceous ..."

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