encrinite

American

[en-kruh-nahyt] / ˈɛn krəˌnaɪt /

noun

a fossil crinoid.

encrinite British

/ ˈɛnkrɪˌnaɪt /

noun

Sometimes shortened to: crinite. (in the US) a sedimentary rock formed almost exclusively from the skeletal plates of crinoids

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Etymology

Origin of encrinite

1800–10; < New Latin encrin ( us ) (< Greek en- en- ² + krínon lily) + -ite ¹

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encrinite

Entrochite, en′trō-kīt, n. a wheel-like joint of an encrinite or fossil crinoid—also En′trochus.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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