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SERPENT STAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does serpent star mean?
• SERPENT STAR (noun)
The noun SERPENT STAR has 1 sense:
1. an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
Familiarity information: SERPENT STAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
brittle-star; brittle star; serpent star
Hypernyms ("serpent star" is a kind of...):
echinoderm (marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies)
Holonyms ("serpent star" is a member of...):
Ophiurida; subclass Ophiurida (brittle stars)
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