basket star

noun

Any brittle star with many-branched arms, that live in deep-sea habitats, principally in family Gorgonocephalidae, of order Euryalida or of suborder Euryalina in order Phrynophiurida.

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Meanings

nounbasket star (plural basket stars)

plural basket stars

  1. Any brittle star with many-branched arms, that live in deep-sea habitats, principally in family Gorgonocephalidae, of order Euryalida or of suborder Euryalina in order Phrynophiurida.

    Basket star, Astroboa sp. feeding on zooplankton at night in the Solomon Islands.

    2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 215

Synonyms & antonyms

nounany starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc

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basket fish
Broader
echinoderm

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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Chicago

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