Cystidea \Cys*tid"e*a\ (s?s-t?d"?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ????
a bladder, pouch.] (Zool.)
An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks.
They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often
unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems.
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