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Definition of Crinoidea
1. Noun. Sea lilies.
Exact synonyms: Class Crinoidea
Group relationships: Echinodermata, Phylum Echinodermata
Member holonyms: Crinoid, Genus Ptilocrinus, Ptilocrinus, Antedonidae, Family Antedonidae
Generic synonyms: Class
Group relationships: Echinodermata, Phylum Echinodermata
Member holonyms: Crinoid, Genus Ptilocrinus, Ptilocrinus, Antedonidae, Family Antedonidae
Generic synonyms: Class
Definition of Crinoidea
1. n. pl. 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.