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From translingual Pentacrinus + -oid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
pentacrinoid
Today it means: A larva in a certain stage in the cycle of a comatula, and similar species, when it is still attached by a stem. Full definition →
Today it means: A larva in a certain stage in the cycle of a comatula, and similar species, when it is still attached by a stem. Full definition →
From translingual Pentacrinus + -oid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.