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n., n. pl. [Gr. blastos, bud; eidos, form]A class of extinct echinoderms of the former Subphylum Pelmatoza; Ordovician to Permian.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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