-ˌkīˈrōd.ə noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from aspid- + Greek -cheirōta (neuter plural of -cheirōtos, from cheir hand) — more at chir-
: an order of chiefly tropical holothurians having tube feet and having the branches of the tentacles confined to the tip where they form a more or less circular shield-shaped terminal disk