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Agelacrinites

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Ag·​e·​la·​cri·​ni·​tes | \ ¦a-jə-lə-krə-ˈnī-tēz\

Definition of Agelacrinites

: a genus (the type of the family Agelacrinitidae) of saclike Devonian echinoderms with five covered food grooves on the oral side

First Known Use of Agelacrinites

1846, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Agelacrinites

borrowed from New Latin, from Greek agélē “herd, troop” + New Latin -a- (probably erroneously for -o- -o-) + -crinites, common element in crinoid genus names (such as Pentacrinites), from Greek krínon “lily” + -itēs -ite entry 1

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