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单词 brittle star
释义

brittle star

or brit·tle·star

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noun

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

Origin of brittle star

First recorded in 1835–45

Words nearby brittle star

brittle bones, brittlebush, brittle diabetes, brittle fern, brittleness, brittle star, Britton, Brittonic, britzka, Brix scale, BRM
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Example sentences from the Web for brittle star

  • Thus, for instance, when a Brittle-star has its nerve-ring severed between each ray, an interesting series of events follows.

    Jellyfish, Starfish, and Sea-Urchins: Being a Research on Primitive Nervous Systems|G. J. Romanes
  • We saw just now that the brittle-star breaks off its own rays at the slightest alarm.

    The Animal World, A Book of Natural History|Theodore Wood

British Dictionary definitions for brittle star

brittle-star

noun

any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, occurring on the sea bottom and having five long slender arms radiating from a small central discSee also basket-star
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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