Antedon

noun

An·​te·​don

anˈtēdᵊn,

-ˌdän

: a large genus of recent and fossil comatulid crinoids having 10 or more arms

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, of uncertain origin

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined above

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