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brittle star

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brittle star
n.
Any of various marine organisms of the class Ophiuroidea, related to and resembling the starfish but having long slender arms. Also called ophiuroid.
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Noun1.brittle starbrittle star - an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
brittle-star, serpent star
echinoderm - marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
Ophiurida, subclass Ophiurida - brittle stars
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