ECHINODERMATA, the first class of Cuvier's fourth great division of the animal kingdom, commonly called Zoophytes, or radiated animals. It includes, among numerous other species, the star-fish, sea-urchins, &c. See ZOOPHYTES, and AMMAL KINGDOM.
ECHINODERMATA
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