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from The Century Dictionary.

  • An order of echinoderms of the class Stellerida or starfishes, containing the brittle-stars, sand-stars, or ophiurans. ;

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  • proper noun A taxonomic class within the superclass Cryptosyringida — the brittle stars.

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  • noun brittle stars and basket stars

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