basket star

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noun
  1. any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, especially of the genus Gorgonocephalus, having long, slender, branching arms.

Origin of basket star

1
First recorded in 1920–25

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British Dictionary definitions for basket-star

basket-star

noun
  1. any of several echinoderms of the genus Gorgonocephalus, in which long slender arms radiate from a central disc: order Ophiuroidea (brittle-stars)

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