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CRINOID

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("crinoid" is a kind of...):

echinoderm (marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crinoid"):

sea lily (crinoid with delicate radiating arms and a stalked body attached to a hard surface)

comatulid; feather star (free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms)

Holonyms ("crinoid" is a member of...):

class Crinoidea; Crinoidea (sea lilies)

Derivation:

crinoid (of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or belonging to the class Crinoidea

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Crinoidea (sea lilies)

Derivation:

crinoid (primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk)

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