- family Comatulidae
- nounformer usage synonymous with Antedonidae• Syn: ↑Comatulidae• Hypernyms: ↑Antedonidae, ↑family Antedonidae
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family Comatulidae
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family Antedonidae — noun feather stars • Syn: ↑Antedonidae • Hypernyms: ↑echinoderm family • Hyponyms: ↑Comatulidae, ↑family Comatulidae • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Comatulidae — noun former usage synonymous with Antedonidae • Syn: ↑family Comatulidae • Hypernyms: ↑Antedonidae, ↑family Antedonidae … Useful english dictionary
Antedonidae — noun feather stars • Syn: ↑family Antedonidae • Hypernyms: ↑echinoderm family • Hyponyms: ↑Comatulidae, ↑family Comatulidae • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Antedonidae — prop. n. A natural family of feather stars; formerly called family {Comatulidae}. Syn: family {Antedonidae} [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
comatulid — /kəˈmætʃəlɪd/ (say kuh machuhlid) noun any of the free swimming, stalkless crinoids of the genus Comatula or a related genus. {New Latin Comatulidae, the family containing the Comatula (New Latin, properly feminine of Latin comātulus, diminutive… …
comatulid — [kō mach′o͞olə] n. pl. comatulae [kō mach′o͞olē΄kō mach′o͞o lid΄] n. [< ModL Comatulidae, name of the family (< L comatulus, having hair neatly curled, dim. of comatus,COMATE) + ID] FEATHER STAR: also comatula [kō mach′o͞olə] n. comatulae… … English World dictionary
co|mat|u|lid — «kuh MACH uh lihd, MAT yuh », noun. any one of a group of flower shaped, free swimming crinoids; feather star. ╂[< New Latin Comatulidae the family name < Comatula the genus name < Latin comātula with neatly curled hair < comātus; see … Useful english dictionary
