basket star
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basket star
n.
Any of various marine echinoderms of the order Euryalida, having slender, branching, interlaced 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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| Noun | 1. |  basket star - any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central discechinoderm - marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies Euryalida, subclass Euryalida - basket stars Astrophyton muricatum - a variety of basket star |
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tête-de-méduse