brittle-star

brittle-star

n (Animals) any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, occurring on the sea bottom and having five long slender arms radiating from a small central disc. See also basket-star

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brittle-star - an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central discbrittle star, serpent starechinoderm - marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodiesOphiurida, subclass Ophiurida - brittle stars