Echinoderm — Temporal range: Cambrian–recent … Wikipedia
Echinoderm — E*chin o*derm , n. (Zo[ o]l.) One of the Echinodermata. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
echinoderm — 1835, from Mod.L. Echinodermata, name of the phylum that includes starfish and sea urchins, from Gk. ekhinos sea urchin, originally porcupine, hedgehog (see ECHIDNA (Cf. echidna)) + derma (gen. dermatos) skin (see DERMA (Cf. derma)); so called… … Etymology dictionary
echinoderm — ► NOUN Zoology ▪ a marine invertebrate of a large group (the phylum Echinodermata) including starfishes, sea urchins, and sea cucumbers. ORIGIN from Greek ekhinos hedgehog, sea urchin + derma skin … English terms dictionary
echinoderm — [ē kī′nō dʉrm΄, ek′i nōdʉrm΄] n. [< ModL Echinodermata: see ECHINO & DERM] any of a phylum (Echinodermata) of marine animals with a water vascular system, and usually with a hard, spiny skeleton and radial body, including the starfishes and… … English World dictionary
echinoderm — /i kuy neuh derrm , ek euh neuh /, n. any marine animal of the invertebrate phylum Echinodermata, having a radiating arrangement of parts and a body wall stiffened by calcareous pieces that may protrude as spines and including the starfishes, sea … Universalium
Echinoderm — Stachelhäuter Schlangenstern Systematik Reich: Vielzellige Tiere (Metazoa) Abteilung … Deutsch Wikipedia
echinoderm — noun Etymology: New Latin Echinodermata, phylum name, from echin + dermata (ultimately from Greek derma skin) Date: 1835 any of a phylum (Echinodermata) of radially symmetrical coelomate marine animals including the starfishes, sea urchins, and… … New Collegiate Dictionary
echinoderm — noun Any member of the Echinodermata, a group of radially symmetric, spiny skinned marine animals. Examples of echinoderms include seastars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers, crinoids, and sand dollars … Wiktionary
echinoderm — A member of the phylum Echinodermata. * * * echi·no·derm (e kiґno dərm) any animal of the phylum Echinodermata … Medical dictionary
