En"cri*nite (?), n. [Gr. in + a lily: cf. F. encrinite.] Paleon.
A fossil crinoid, esp. one belonging to, or resembling, the genus Encrinus. Sometimes used in a general sense for any crinoid.
© Webster 1913.
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