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sea lily

noun

  1. a stalked, sessile crinoid.


sea lily

noun

  1. any of various sessile echinoderms, esp of the genus Ptilocrinus, in which the body consists of a long stalk attached to a hard surface and bearing a central disc with delicate radiating arms: class Crinoidea (crinoids)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sea lily1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

She pointed out the stem of a sea lily, which resembles a star.

The find by the Hollingworths, a husband-and-wife team, includes three new species and an entire ecosystem of echinoderms — a group of animals that includes starfish, brittle stars, feather stars, sea lilies, sea cucumbers and echinoids.

It is in fact a great mass of fossil arms from who knows how many sea lilies.

From BBC

It was a spring so euphoric that it felt as though Carmen Miranda had gone for a stroll along the sea floor and emerged with sponges, sea lilies and anemones clinging to her petticoats.

The work is a meditative visual poem about the passage of time set against a stone wall carved with sea lily fossils.

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