feather star


noun
  1. a free-swimming crinoid.

Origin of feather star

1
First recorded in 1860–65

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feather star

noun
  1. any free-swimming crinoid echinoderm of the genus Antedon and related genera, living on muddy sea bottoms and having ten feathery arms radiating from a small central disc

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