Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A class of the phylum or subkingdom Echinodermata; the sea-urchins or sea-eggs.

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

  • noun plural (Zoöl.) The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous shell, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See spatangoid, clypeastroid.

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  • proper noun A taxonomic class within the superclass Cryptosyringida — the sea urchins.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun sea urchins and sand dollars

Etymologies

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Echinus +‎ -oidea

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Examples

  • These lowly animals belong to that group of the star-fish class (Echinodermata), the species of which possess generally spheroidal bodies, built up of multitudinous calcareous plates, and constitute the order Echinoidea.

    On the Genesis of Species St. George Mivart

  • The mouth of the Echinoidea, often referred to as Aristotle's Lantern because of the way he first described it, is located at the central most part of the animal's circular, spiny body.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • The '' 'Long-spined sea urchin' '' is a member of the class [[Echinoidea]], which has the literal meaning spiny skin.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The '' 'Long-spined sea urchin' '' is a member of the class [[Echinoidea]], which has the literal meaning spiny skin.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • The '' 'Long-spined sea urchin' '' is a member of the class [[Echinoidea]], which has the literal meaning spiny skin.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • Echinoidea, which has the literal meaning spiny skin.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

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