Antedon

noun

a genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae

• Syn: ↑genus Antedon

• Hypernyms: ↑echinoderm genus

• Hyponyms: ↑Comatula, ↑genus Comatula

• Member Holonyms: ↑Antedonidae, ↑family Antedonidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑feather star, ↑comatulid

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\\anˈtēd^ən, -ˌdän\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, perhaps irregular from Greek Anthēdōn, nymph associated with the ancient city Anthedon on the northern coast of Boeotia

: a large genus of recent and fossil comatulid crinoids having 10 or more arms