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from The Century Dictionary.
- An order of echinoderms of the class Stellerida or starfishes, containing the brittle-stars, sand-stars, or ophiurans. ;
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- proper noun A taxonomic
class within thesuperclass Cryptosyringida — thebrittle stars .
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- noun brittle stars and basket stars
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