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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CLYPEASTROID

Clyp `e *as "troid, a. Etym: [NL. Clypeaster (L. clupeus shield + aster star ) + -oid.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.