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feather star

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feather star
n.
Any of numerous crinoids of the genus Antedon and related genera, having a free-swimming, stalkless adult stage with branched feathery arms.
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Noun1.feather starfeather star - free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms
comatulid
crinoid - primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk
Antedon, genus Antedon - a genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae


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