brittle star

brittle star

n.

Any of various marine echinoderms of the order Ophiurida having long slender arms.

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brit′tle star`

or brit′tle•star`,

n.

any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, having the body composed of a central rounded disk from which radiate long, slender, fragile arms.

[1835–45]

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brittle 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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