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feather star

American  

noun

  1. a free-swimming crinoid.

feather star British  

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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Etymology

Origin of feather star

First recorded in 1860–65

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Credit: James Thomas James’s team also found new species of feather star from the Oxycomanthus genus and distinctive species of nudibranch.

From Scientific American • Mar. 14, 2013

The new species of Oxycomanthus crinoid, or feather star.

From Scientific American • Mar. 14, 2013

And you ought to see a feather star I got to-day.

From The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Rolt-Wheeler, Francis

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