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Definition of Crinoids
1. crinoid [n] - See also: crinoid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Crinoids
Literary usage of Crinoids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Geology by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1907)
"The unequal development of the crinoids.—That the profusion of •corals, however,
did not find its sole explanation in clear genial waters rich in food may ..."
2. North American Geology and Palæontology for the Use of Amateurs, Students by Samuel Almond Miller (1889)
"period did the harder parts of crinoids so completely form the limestone, and
hence it is pre-eminently the age of crinoids. ..."
3. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1900)
"... crinoids. By FRANK SPRINGER, Bust Las Vegas, NM (Plat* XVI.) At various places
in the works of Wachsmuth and Springer the statement has been made that ..."
4. Elements of Zoölogy: A Textbook by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"THE echinoderms of this order are called crinoids on account of the ... at length
drop from the stem and spend the remainder of their life as free crinoids. ..."
5. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science, with Special by James Dwight Dana (1876)
"317, 318), of the class of Polyps, as well as crinoids (Figs. 324, 325), increasing
much the ... 325) were the most characteristic kind of crinoids. ..."
6. Text-book of Geology by Archibald Geikie (1885)
"The crinoids reached their culmination in a variety of forms during Palaeozoic time.
Though still enormously abundant in individuals on some parts of the ..."
7. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Although about 300 living species of crinoids are known, the developmental stages
of only one ... In many of the earlier, more primitive crinoids. like ..."
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