'Crinoidea' definitions:
Definition of 'Crinoidea'
(from WordNet)
noun
Sea lilies [syn: Crinoidea, class Crinoidea]
Definition of 'Crinoidea'
From: GCIDE
- Crinoidea \Cri*noid"e*a\ (kr[-i]*noid"[-e]*[.a]), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. kri`non lily + -oid: cf. F. crino["i]de.] (Zool.) 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. [1913 Webster]