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OPHIURIDA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brittle stars

Synonyms:

Ophiurida; subclass Ophiurida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ophiurida" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Ophiurida"):

brittle-star; brittle star; serpent star (an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc)

Holonyms ("Ophiurida" is a member of...):

class Ophiuroidea; Ophiuroidea (brittle stars and basket stars)

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