sea lily


noun

a stalked, sessile crinoid.

Origin of sea lily

First recorded in 1875–80

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)