BASKET STAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basket star mean? 

• BASKET STAR (noun)
  The noun BASKET STAR has 1 sense:

1. any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc

  Familiarity information: BASKET STAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASKET STAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

basket fish; basket star

Hypernyms ("basket star" is a kind of...):

echinoderm (marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basket star"):

Astrophyton muricatum (a variety of basket star)

Holonyms ("basket star" is a member of...):

Euryalida; subclass Euryalida (basket stars)