单词 | pentatremite |
释义 | pentatremite Palæont.|pɛntəˈtriːmaɪt| Also contracted pentremite. [ad. mod.L. Pentatrēmītes, f. penta- + Gr. τρῆµα hole, aperture: see -ite1 2.] An echinoderm of the genus Pentatrēmītes, belonging to the extinct class Blastoidea, allied to the crinoids. So pentatrematoid |-ˈtriːmətɔɪd|, a., belonging to or resembling the Pentatremitidæ, typified by Pentratremites; n. an echinoderm of this family.
1864Webster, Pentremite, a fossil crinoid. 1873Dawson Earth & Man vi. 153 One curious group, that of the Pentremites, a sort of larval form. 1890Cent. Dict., Pentatrematoid..Pentatremite. |

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