brittle star

Noun
Synonyms: brittle-starserpent star

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central discSynonyms: brittle-starserpent star
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Brittle star \Brit"tle star`\ (br[i^]t"t'l st[aum]r`), (Zool.) Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea. [1913 Webster]
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