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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Encrinoidea

· En·cri·noid·e·a · IPA
01 n. pl. 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…
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    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 Comatula and Crinoidea.(Zoöl.) Also: Brachiata, Articulata See: Comatula, Crinoidea