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sea lily

noun

  1. a stalked, sessile crinoid.

sea lily

noun

  1. any of various sessile echinoderms, esp of the genus Ptilocrinus, in which the body consists of a long stalk attached to a hard surface and bearing a central disc with delicate radiating arms: class Crinoidea (crinoids)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sea lily1

First recorded in 1875–80
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Example Sentences

The Sea Lily (p.49) is one of the flower-like animals; it is a relative of the Starfish, living in deep water.

One Jurassic sea-lily was found to have 600,000 distinct ossicles in its petrified frame.

The sea-lily fills the rocks no longer; the sea-urchin is very abundant.

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