Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Encrinoidea \En`cri*noid"e*a\, n. pl. [NL. See {Encrinus} and
   {-oid}.] (Zo["o]l.)
   That order of the Crinoidea which includes most of the living
   and many fossil forms, having jointed arms around the margin
   of the oral disk; -- also called Brachiata and Articulata.
   See Illusts. under {Comatula} and {Crinoidea}.