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pelmatozoan, a. and n. Zool.|ˌpɛlmətəʊˈzəʊən|
[f. mod. L. Pelmatozōa, neut. pl. (f. Gr. πελµατο- (see prec.) + ζῷον animal) + -an.]
a. adj. Belonging to the division Pelmatozoa of Echinoderms, characterized by a stalk by which they are fixed, and comprising the Crinoids and the extinct Blastoidea and Cystoidea.
b. n. An echinoderm of this division. So ˌpelmatoˈzoic a., belonging to or characteristic of the Pelmatozoa.
1891Athenæum 24 Jan. 125/2 Gross errors, such as putting..the pelmatozoic crinoids among the ‘Stellerida’. 1900Lankester's Treat. Zool. iii. 19 Assumed..to be homologous with the original three radii of the primitive Pelmatozoan. Ibid., The Holothurians..are primitive as regards Pelmatozoic structure. |