Encrinite

(en'kre-nīt.) [From Gr. en, in, and krinon, a lily.] (Pal.) The name given to the fo il marine radiate animals of the order Crinoids (q. v.), commonly called Stone Lily, from their resemblance to a flower (Fig. 223). The countle myriads of their remains fill many limestone-beds of the transition formations, and compose vast strata, extending over large tracts of country in N. America and N. Europe. [s. 330] IMG:p0359_0.jpg:Gravür