crinoid

Speech parts

1. crinoid - Noun

2. crinoid - Adjective

Meaning

Crinoidal.

One of the Crinoidea.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

class

Hypernyms

echinoderm

Hyponyms

sea lily comatulid feather star

Examples

A sea cucumber larva is an 'auricularia' while a crinoid one is a 'vitellaria'. Source: Internet

The fossil echinoderms had ambulacral grooves extending down the side of the body, fringed on either side by brachioles, structures very similar to the pinnules of a modern crinoid. Source: Internet

Ruppert, Fox & Barnes (2004) p. 916 In some species of crinoid, the embryos develop in special breeding bags, where the eggs are held until sperm released by a male happens to find them. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

crinkum-crankum crinkums crinky crinoidal crinoidea crinoidean