(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:53:34

Pen*tac"ri*nus (?), n. [NL. See Penta-, and Crinum.] Zool.

A genus of large, stalked crinoids, of which several species occur in deep water among the West Indies and elsewhere.

 

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