FEATHER STAR

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms

Synonyms:

comatulid; feather star

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("feather star" is a kind of...):

crinoid (primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk)

Holonyms ("feather star" is a member of...):

Antedon; genus Antedon (a genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae)

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