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echinoid

[ih-kahy-noid, ek-uh-noid]
adjective
  1. belonging or pertaining to the class Echinoidea, comprising mainly sea urchins and sand dollars.
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noun
  1. any echinoderm of the Echinoidea.
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Origin of echinoid

1850–55; < New Latin Echinoidea; see echinus, -oidea
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Historical Examples of echinoid

  • A pair of ciliated epaulettes on each side of and behind the ciliated ring is very characteristic of some Echinoid larv.

    The Works of Francis Maitland Balfour, Volume II (of 4)

    Francis Maitland Balfour

  • The rows of plates in an Echinoid which are not perforated for the emission of the "tube-feet."

British Dictionary definitions for echinoid

echinoid

noun
  1. any of the echinoderms constituting the class Echinoidea, typically having a rigid ovoid body. The class includes the sea urchins and sand dollars
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adjective
  1. of or belonging to this class
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