sea lily

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   crinoid with delicate radiating arms and a stalked body attached to a hard surface

   Broadercrinoid

   Part ofPtilocrinus

Questions about sea lily

What does sea lily mean?

sea lily means "crinoid with delicate radiating arms and a stalked body attached to a hard surface".

Is sea lily a common word?

sea lily is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.