Link Centre Dictionary

echinoderm

ec·hi·no·derm

UK/ɪˈkaɪnə(ʊ)ˌdɜːm/ US/ɪˈkɪ-/ uncommon

noun

1.

marine invertebrates with tube feet and calcite-covered five-part radially symmetrical bodies

Origin

From French échinoderme, corresponding to echino- + -derm, after plural of 18th-century Latin echinoderma.

Related words

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.