| 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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| Noun | 1. |  brittle star - an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central discechinoderm - marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies Ophiurida, subclass Ophiurida - brittle stars |
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