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echinoderm

e·chi·no·derm
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ih-kahy-nuh-durm, ek-uh-nuh-]
    • /ɪˈkaɪ nəˌdɜrm, ˈɛk ə nə-/
    • /ɪˈkaɪ.nəʊ.dɜːm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ih-kahy-nuh-durm, ek-uh-nuh-]
    • /ɪˈkaɪ nəˌdɜrm, ˈɛk ə nə-/

Definitions of echinoderm word

  • noun echinoderm any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, etc. 1
  • noun echinoderm A marine invertebrate of the phylum Echinodermata, such as a starfish, sea urchin, or sea cucumber. 1
  • noun echinoderm any of the marine invertebrate animals constituting the phylum Echinodermata, characterized by tube feet, a calcite body-covering (test), and a five-part symmetrical body. The group includes the starfish, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers 0
  • noun echinoderm any of a phylum (Echinodermata) of marine animals with a water-vascular system, and usually with a hard, spiny skeleton and radial body, including the starfishes and sea urchins 0
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Origin of echinoderm

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before 1825
One of the 37% newest English words
1825-35; taken as singular of New Latin Echinodermata, neuter plural of echinodermatus < Greek echîn(os) sea urchin + -o- -o- + -dermatos -dermatous

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Related words

  • ambulacrum

    any of five radial bands on the ventral surface of echinoderms, such as the starfish and sea urchin, on which the tube feet are situated

  • asteroidean

    an echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, comprising the starfishes.

  • basket star

    any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, especially of the genus Gorgonocephalus, having long, slender, branching arms.

  • brittle star

    any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, having the body composed of a central, rounded disk from which radiate long, slender, fragile arms.

  • crinoid

    any primitive echinoderm of the class Crinoidea, having delicate feathery arms radiating from a central disc. The group includes the free-swimming feather stars, the sessile sea lilies, and many stemmed fossil forms

  • echino-

    indicating spiny or prickly
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