Definitions for echinoids

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echinoids e·chi·noid

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

IPA: /ɪˈkaɪ nɔɪd, ˈɛk əˌnɔɪd/

Echinoids is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 367 anagrams from letters in echinoids (cdehiinos).

Definitions for echinoids

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 echinoids

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

Examples for echinoids

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.