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Webster 1913 Edition


Micraster


Mi-cras′ter

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
μικρόσ
small + [GREEK] star.]
(Paleon.)
A genus of sea urchins, similar to Spatangus, abounding in the chalk formation; – from the starlike disposal of the ambulacral furrows.

Definition 2024


micraster

micraster

See also: Micraster

English

Noun

micraster (plural micrasters)

  1. (paleontology) Any of the extinct genusMicraster of infaunal echinoids.