clypeasteroid

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clypeasteroid

noun clypeasteroids

Any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida of sand dollars. Their living representatives include the sea urchins or 'true' echinoids, the heart-urchins or spatangoids and allied forms, the sand-dollars or clypeasteroids, and the slate-pencil-urchins, or cidaroids.
Similar: pansy shell, sand dollar, sea cookie, snapper biscuit

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@misc{clypeasteroid_2026,
  title = {clypeasteroid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clypeasteroid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}