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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Echinoidea

· Ech·i·noi·de·a · IPA
01 n. pl. The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous shell, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, comp…
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    The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous shell, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid.(Zoöl.) See: Spatangoid, Clypeastroid