En-crĭ'nal or En-crĭn'ite or En-crĭn'i-tal1, a.
a. Relating to encrinites; containing encrinites, as certain kinds of limestone.
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Encrinal
En'cri-nite2, n.
n. [Fr. encrinite, from Gr. ἐν, in, and κρίνου, a lily.] (Paleon.) An animal belonging to the order of echinoderms and tribe of crinoids. The joints of the stems are small calcareous disks, and are very common fossils in many limestones, being sometimes called fossil button-molds. See ECHINODERM. Dana.
