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brittle-star

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brittle-star
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, occurring on the sea bottom and having five long slender arms radiating from a small central disc See also basket-star
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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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