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basket star

basket star noun: any brittle star with many-branched arms, that live in deep-sea habitats, principally in family Gorgonocephalidae, of order Euryalida or of suborder Euryalina in order Phrynophiurida.

basket star: any brittle star with many-branched arms, that live in deep-sea habitats, principally in family...
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Noun

basket star (plural basket stars)

  1. Any brittle star with many-branched arms, that live in deep-sea habitats, principally in family Gorgonocephalidae, of order Euryalida or of suborder Euryalina in order Phrynophiurida.
    • Basket star, Astroboa sp. feeding on zooplankton at night in the Solomon Islands.2001, Julian Sprung, Invertebrates: A Quick Reference Guide, page 215

Forms of basket star

pluralbasket stars

Questions about basket star

What does basket star mean?
Basket star means any brittle star with many-branched arms, that live in deep-sea habitats, principally in family Gorgonocephalidae, of order Euryalida or of suborder Euryalina in order Phrynophiurida.
What part of speech is basket star?
Basket star is a noun.
What is the plural of basket star?
The plural of basket star is basket stars.

Words near basket star in the dictionary

  1. basket of gold
  2. basket of goods
  3. basket plant
  4. basket rush
  5. basket rushes
  6. basket star
  7. basket stars
  8. basket toss
  9. basket tosses
  10. basket trade
  11. basket trades

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