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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of spatangoid Euechinoidea, or sea-urchins, having the apical system disconnected, the bivium and trivium widely separated, and periproct posterior: typical of the family Collyritidæ and very abundant in the Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks.

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