acritan

[ACRITA.] Zool.: An animal belonging to the Acrita, either of Macleay or of Owen. [ACRITA.] ǎc'-rite, a. [ACRITA.] Zool.: Pertaining to an Acritan. "The character of the lowest or acrite cla es are least defined and fixed."-Owen: Comp. Anat. Invert. Anim. (1843), p. 65.