brittle stars
brittle stars is the plural of brittle star.
Meaning of brittle star
Noun
brittle star (plural brittle stars)
- Any of various echinoderms, of the class Ophiuroidea, that resemble starfish and have long, slender arms that regenerate when snapped off.
- Recently, explorers discovered a seamount near Antarctica covered in tens of millions of brittle stars packed ray tip to ray tip, in a massive underwater ‘city’, alongside other strange species such as giant bubble gum coral.2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 48
- Synonyms:
- ophiuroid
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