encrinus

See also: Encrinus

English

A labeled Encrinus liliformus. Paleontology Museum of Zürich, Switzerland.

Etymology

From translingual Encrinus, from Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-, “in”) + κρίνον (krínon, “lily”).

Noun

encrinus (plural encrini)

1. (paleontology) Any of a genus Encrinus of fossil encrinoidea from the Mesozoic rocks.

Further reading

• Encrinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Crinoidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “encrinus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)