tessellata

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tessellata - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tessellata \Tes`sel*la"ta\, n. pl. [NL. See Tessellate.]
     (Zool.)
     A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in
     which the body is covered with tessellated plates.
     [1913 Webster]