Definitions for crinoids

crinoids cri·noid

Spelling: [krahy-noid, krin-oid]
IPA: /ˈkraɪ nɔɪd, ˈkrɪn ɔɪd/

Crinoids is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 222 anagrams from letters in crinoids (cdiinors).

Definitions for crinoids

noun

  1. any echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having a cup-shaped body to which are attached branched, radiating arms, comprising the sea lilies, feather stars, and various fossil forms.

adjective

  1. belonging or pertaining to the Crinoidea.
  2. lilylike.

Origin of crinoids

1825-35; Greek krinoeidḗs, equivalent to krín(on) lily + -oeidēs -oid

Examples for crinoids

This subkingdom comprises at present such familiar forms as the crinoid, the starfish, and the sea urchin.

Fishes, Mollusca, and Crustacea silently ploughed their way in the depths of the sea, and the immovable crinoid lived there.

The cystoid reaches its climax, but there appear now two higher types of echinoderms,—the crinoid and the starfish.

The ossicles, or plates which cover the dorsal surface, are free, making the crinoid an animal of innumerable joints.

Applied to the cup-shaped body of a crinoid (Echinodermata).

The clay came into notice late in the 18th century on account of the local abundance of the crinoid Apiocrinus Parkinsoni.

Word Value for crinoids
Scrable

10

Words with friends

12

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