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Definition of Comatulid
1. Noun. Free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms.
Definition of Comatulid
1. n. Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.
Definition of Comatulid
1. Noun. (zoology) Any crinoid of the genus ''Antedon'' or allied genera. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Comatulid
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Comatulid
Literary usage of Comatulid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences by Washington Academy of Sciences (1915)
"... the only comatulid family satisfactorily represented as a fossil, ... the only
comatulid family in which the primitive basais persist in the adult. ..."
2. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1922)
"... in the young comatulid this is a very important plate in many fossil types.
The arms at first are very different from the arms of the adults; ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"... (with small eggs) has the widest distribution of any comatulid genus known,
geographically and ..."
4. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"... pectinata Ag. is a comatulid, or free Crinoid, from the Oxfordian group.
Of Echinoids, the genera Cidaris (Fig. ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1885)
"... and three comatulid genera extend down into it from quite shallow water.
All five, however, are much reduced in size at these great depths, ..."
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