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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The typical genus of the family Astrophytidæ, containing the gorgon's-head, basket-fish, or sea-basket, Astrophyton scutatum.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun includes many of the basket stars

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