English dictionary: words starting with crino

noun

An echinoderm of the class crinoidea, which comprises the sea lilies and feather stars.

Usage examples:

Commonly, the host is a brachiopod, but it may be a coral, bryozoan colony, crinoid stem, or mollusk.

adjective

Relating to or denoting crinoids.

Usage examples:

Grainy rocks in the upper third contain an abundance of disarticulated crinoid debris.

plural noun

A class of echinoderms that comprises the sea lilies and feather stars. they have slender feathery arms and (in some kinds) a stalk for attachment, and were abundant in the palaeozoic era.

Usage examples:

This study reports the mtdna sequence and genome map for a member of the echinoderm class crinoidea…

noun

An echinoderm of the class crinoidea, which comprises the sea lilies and feather stars.

Usage examples:

Commonly, the host is a brachiopod, but it may be a coral, bryozoan colony, crinoid stem, or mollusk.

adjective

Relating to or denoting crinoids.

Usage examples:

Grainy rocks in the upper third contain an abundance of disarticulated crinoid debris.

noun

A narrow version of the crinoline, designed to support skirts projecting from behind, and usually composed of half hoops suspended around the back of the legs.

noun

A stiffened or hooped petticoat worn to make a long skirt stand out.

Usage examples:

She also sells pointed boots, tight black trews, crinolines, and hooped corsets along with jeweller…

noun

A stiffened or hooped petticoat worn to make a long skirt stand out.

Usage examples:

She also sells pointed boots, tight black trews, crinolines, and hooped corsets along with jeweller…

noun

Hairiness.