Ech`i*noi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Echinus, and -oid.] Zool.
The class Echinodermata which includes the sea urchins. They have a calcareous, usually more or less spheroidal or disk-shaped, composed of many united plates, and covered with movable spines. See Spatangoid, Clypeastroid.
[Written also
Echinidea, and
Echinoida.]
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