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ophiures

ophiures is the plural of ophiure.

Meaning of ophiure

Noun

ophiure (plural ophiures)

  1. (rare) Any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea
    • SHORT-SPINED OPHIURE.1815, William Elford Leach, Richard P. Nodder, The zoological miscellany, page 59

Questions about ophiures

What is ophiures the plural of?
Ophiures is the plural of ophiure.

Words near ophiures in the dictionary

  1. Ophiuchids
  2. Ophiuchus
  3. ophiuran
  4. ophiurans
  5. ophiure
  6. ophiures
  7. ophiurid
  8. ophiurids
  9. ophiurioid
  10. ophiurioids
  11. ophiuroid

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