: any of a large class (Crinoidea) of echinoderms usually having a somewhat cup-shaped body with five or more feathery arms compare feather star, sea lily
crinoidadjective
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Examples of crinoid in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThe same fossil bed yielded ancient sponges, crinoids, and ammonite coprolites and beaks.—Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo, Quartz, 18 May 2024 The walls of the waste basket are lined with crinoids, plant-like marine animals that have been around since the Paleozoic.—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Mar. 2023 Scientists initially estimated that crinoids floated for a few years.—Raleigh McElvery, Smithsonian, 12 Aug. 2019 Along the way, keep an eye out for crinoid and other marine fossils.—Steve Larese, National Geographic, 27 June 2019 The warm coastal waters surrounding Gondwana were perfect for new kinds of animals, like brachiopods, crinoids, ostracodes, cephalopods, corals, and bryozoans.—Annalee Newitz, Ars Technica, 21 Nov. 2017 Then check out this intriguing video from National Geographic of a feather star, a variety of crinoid that lives in the ocean.—Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2017 The traces of ancient invertebrates with astonishing names (crinoids, fusulinids, and so on) were just one of many signs that the landscape my coastal relatives used to mock for its monotony in fact harbored wonders.—Ben Lerner, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2017
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