Definition of Echinoidea

1. Noun. Sea urchins and sand dollars.

Exact synonyms: Class Echinoidea
Group relationships: Echinodermata, Phylum Echinodermata
Member holonyms: Sea Urchin, Exocycloida, Order Exocycloida, Order Spatangoida, Spatangoida
Generic synonyms: Class

Definition of Echinoidea

1. n. pl. The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous shell, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid.

Medical Definition of Echinoidea

1. The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid. Alternative forms: Echinidea, and Echinoida. Origin: NL. See Echinus, and -oid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Echinoidea

echinococci
echinococciasis
echinococcoses
echinococcosis
echinococcus
echinococcus cyst
echinococcus disease
echinocyte
echinoderm
echinoderm family
echinoderm genus
echinodermal
echinodermatous
echinoderms
echinoid
echinoidea (current term)
echinoids
echinomycin
echinosis
echinostoma
echinostomatidae
echinostomiasis
echinozoa
echinulate
echinus
echinuses
echistatin
echium
echiums
echiuran

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