Sea-lily


noun
1.
a stalked, sessile crinoid.
noun
1.
any of various sessile echinoderms, esp of the genus Ptilocrinus, in which the body consists of a long stalk attached to a hard surface and bearing a central disc with delicate radiating arms: class Crinoidea (crinoids)

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