Defn: Crinoidal.
— n.
Defn: One of the Crinoidea.
CRINOIDAL
Cri*noid"al (kr-noidal), a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.
CRINOIDEA Cri*noid"e*a (kr-noid"-), n. pl. Etym: [NL., from Gr. -oid: cf. F. crino.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.
CRINOIDEAN
Cri*noid"e*an (-an), n. (Zoöl)
Defn: One of the Crinoidea.
CRINOLINE
Crin"o*line (krn"-ln), n. Etym: [F., fr. crin hair,L. crinis.]
1. A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; — so called because originally made of hair.