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Webster 1913 Edition

Encrinoidea

‖

Enˊcri-noid′e-a

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL. See

and

.]

(Zoöl.)

That order of the

Crinoidea

which includes most of the living and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin of the oral disk; – also called

Brachiata

and

Articulata

. See Illusts. under

and

.