ECHINODERM

echinoderm

(noun) marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

echinoderm (plural echinoderms)

An animal of the phylum Echinodermata, comprising radially symmetric, spiny-skinned marine animals including seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars. [from 19th c.]

Source: Wiktionary


E*chin"o*derm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of the Echinodermata.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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