Definitions for echinoid

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echinoid e·chi·noid

Spelling: [ih-kahy-noid, ek-uh-noid]

IPA: /ɪˈkaɪ nɔɪd, ˈɛk əˌnɔɪd/

Echinoid is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 184 anagrams from letters in echinoid (cdehiino).

Definitions for echinoid

noun

1. any echinoderm of the Echinoidea.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the class Echinoidea, comprising mainly sea urchins and sand dollars.

Origin of echinoid

1850-55; New Latin Echinoidea; see echinus, -oidea

Examples for echinoid

The rows of plates in an echinoid which are not perforated for the emission of the "tube-feet."

A pair of ciliated epaulettes on each side of and behind the ciliated ring is very characteristic of some echinoid larv.