crinoid

From Ancient Greek κρίνον (krínon, “lily”) +‎ -oid.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɹʌɪnɔɪd/, /ˈkɹɪnɔɪd/

crinoid (plural crinoids)

1. One of the numerous animals that make up the class Crinoidea; the feather stars or sea lilies.

• crinoidal

crinoid (comparative more crinoid, superlative most crinoid)

1. Relating to or sharing the qualities and features of the class Crinoidea.
   • 1936, HP Lovecraft, The Haunter of the Dark:

     It was treasured and placed in its curious box by the crinoid things of Antarctica, salvaged from their ruins by the serpent-men of Valusia, and peered at aeons later in Lemuria by the first human beings.

Borrowed from French crinoïde.

crinoid n (plural crinoide)

1. crinoid