- pentacrinoid
- pen·tac·ri·noid
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pentacrinoid
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Pentacrinoid — Pen*tac ri*noid, n. [Pentacrinus + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) An immature comatula when it is still attached by a stem, and thus resembles a Pentacrinus. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
pentacrinoid — adj. [Gr. pente, five; krinon, lily] (ECHINODERMATA: Crinoidea) A larval stage following the cystidean stage that attaches to the substrate or adult crinoid and develops a crown of arms and cirri … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
pentacrinoid — ˌnȯid noun ( s) Etymology: New Latin Pentacrinus + English oid : a larval form of some crinoids (as members of the genus Antedon) resembling crinoids of the genus Pentacrinus … Useful english dictionary
doliolaria larva — (ECHINODERMATA: Crinoidea) A free swimming bilaterally symmetrical larva of the crinoids and a post auricularia holothurian larva; characterized by possessing a large apical tuft and several (4 or 5) ciliated bands around the body; dipluerula;… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
