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BASKET FISH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc

Synonyms:

basket fish; basket star

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("basket fish" is a kind of...):

echinoderm (marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basket fish"):

Astrophyton muricatum (a variety of basket star)

Holonyms ("basket fish" is a member of...):

Euryalida; subclass Euryalida (basket stars)

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