Crī-noid'e-a, n. pl.

n. pl. [Gr. κρῖνον, lily, and εἶδος, form; Fr. crinoïde.] (Zoöl.) A genus of radiated animals related to the star-fish, but growing on a long, jointed stalk, stem, or pedicel, the joints of the stem, as they occur fossil in the rocks, resembling button-molds. The genus includes the encrinites, to which the term stone-lily has often been applied. Dana.