Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In Gegenbaur's system of classification, a class of echinoderms, the sea-stars or starfishes, consisting of the orders Asterida, Brisingida, Ophiurida, and Euryalida.
  • Same as Alcyonaria.

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Examples

  • He has noticed, however, that nobody seems to want to talk to him directly anymore, and his lunar and asteroida] spawn agree with him about that.

    Mother Of Storms Barnes, John, 1957- 1994

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