SINCE 1828
Palaeocrinoidea
plural noun
Palaeo·crinoidea
Definition of Palaeocrinoidea
in some classifications
: an order of Paleozoic stalked crinoids of supposedly primitive type having the actinal side of the calyx closed — compare neocrinoidea
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