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echinodermatous

noun

any of a phylum (Echinodermata) of marine animals with a water-vascular system, and usually with a hard, spiny skeleton and radial body, including the starfishes and sea urchins

Origin: < ModL Echinodermata: see echino- & -derm

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echinodermatous adjective

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