Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various echinoderms in the class Ophiuroidea, which includes the basket stars and the brittle stars.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Ophiuran in the widest sense; of or pertaining to the order Ophiuroidea.
- noun An ophiuran; any member of the Ophiuroidea.
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- noun the
brittle star
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Ophiūroīdea, class name : Ophiūra, type genus (Greek ophis, snake + Greek ourā, tail; see ors- in Indo-European roots) + Greek -oeidēs, -oid.]
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Ancient Greek όφις ("snake") + -oid
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