crinoid
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρίνον (krínon, “lily”) + -oid.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɹʌɪnɔɪd/, /ˈkɹɪnɔɪd/
Noun
crinoid (plural crinoids)
- One of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
crinoid (comparative more crinoid, superlative most crinoid)
- Relating to or sharing the qualities and features of the class Crinoidea.
- 1936, HP Lovecraft, The Haunter of the Dark:
- It was treasured and placed in its curious box by the crinoid things of Antarctica, salvaged from their ruins by the serpent-men of Valusia, and peered at aeons later in Lemuria by the first human beings.
Translations
of or pertaining to a crinoid
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Romanian
Declension
Declension of crinoid
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