The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cystidea
Cystidea \Cys*tid"e*a\ (s?s-t?d"?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ???? a bladder, pouch.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.
Usage examples of "cystidea".
Palaeontology also claimed his attention, and he described in 1831 and later years a number of Cephalopods, Brachiopods and Cystidea, and pointed out their stratigraphical importance.