Palæont. [f. mod.L. Taxocrinidæ, f. Taxocrinus, name of the typical genus, f. Gr. τάξος yew + κρίνον lily: see -ID3.] A member of the extinct family Taxocrinidæ of articulate crinoids. So Taxocrinoid a., belonging to this family; sb. = taxocrinid.