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Thesaurus: brittle star
Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.
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Definitions
- Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.
- n. an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc