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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The typical genus of sea-lilies of the family Pentacrinidæ, having the column pentagonal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere.

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