Micraster

noun

Mi·​cras·​ter

mīˈkrastə(r)

: a genus of extinct heart urchins (order Exocycloida) with ambulacral furrows arranged in a small star on the dorsal surface

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from micr- + -aster

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