sea lily
noun
a stalked, sessile crinoid.
Origin of sea lily
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby sea lily
sea leather,
sea legs,
sea letter,
sea lettuce,
sea level,
sea lily,
sea lion,
sea loch,
sea lord,
sea lungwort,
sea lyme grass
Example sentences from the Web for sea lily
The sea-lily fills the rocks no longer; the sea-urchin is very abundant.
The Story of Evolution |Joseph McCabe
British Dictionary definitions for sea lily
sea lily
noun
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)