HyperDic: brittle-star

English > 1 sense of the word brittle-star:
NOUNanimalbrittle-star, brittle star, serpent staran animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
English > brittle-star: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningAn animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc.
Synonymsbrittle star, serpent star
Member ofOphiurida, subclass Ophiuridabrittle stars
Broaderechinodermmarine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies

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