ECHINOIDEA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Echinoidea mean?
• ECHINOIDEA (noun)
The noun ECHINOIDEA has 1 sense:
1. sea urchins and sand dollars
Familiarity information: ECHINOIDEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ECHINOIDEA (noun)
Meaning:
Sea urchins and sand dollars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
class Echinoidea; Echinoidea
Hypernyms ("Echinoidea" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Echinoidea"):
sea urchin (shallow-water echinoderms having soft bodies enclosed in thin spiny globular shells)
Exocycloida; order Exocycloida (flat sea urchins)
order Spatangoida; Spatangoida (heart-shaped sea urchins)
Holonyms ("Echinoidea" is a member of...):
Echinodermata; phylum Echinodermata (radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers)