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comatulid

American

[kuh-mach-uh-lid] / kəˈmætʃ ə lɪd /

noun

a free-swimming, stalkless crinoid; feather star.

comatulid British

/ kəˈmætjʊlɪd /

noun

any of a group of crinoid echinoderms, including the feather stars, in which the adults are free-swimming

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Etymology

Origin of comatulid

1880–85; < New Latin Comatulidae, equivalent to Comatul ( a ) genus name ( see comate ², -ule) + -idae -id ²

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