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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
ENCRINOIDEA
En
`
cri
*
noid
"e *a, n.
pl.
Etym:
[
NL.
See
Encrinus
and
-oid.] (Zoöl.)
Defn:
That
order
of
the
Crinoidea
which
includes
most
of
the
living
and
many
fossil
forms,
having
jointed
arms
around
the
margin
of
the
oral
disk;
--
also
called
Brachiata
and
Articulata.
See
Illusts.
under
Comatula
and
Crinoidea.