ophiuroid

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noun

An echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea; the brittlestar.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 15
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Meanings

nounophiuroid (plural ophiuroids)

plural ophiuroids

  1. An echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea; the brittlestar.First known use 19th c.

    Other ophiuroids are more delicate: they pick, feel and spread themselves over corals, gorgonians and other organisms like courtesans in feather boas.

    2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 48

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
brittle starophiure

Origin

From class name Ophiuroidea.

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