CLASS OPHIUROIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Ophiuroidea mean? 

• CLASS OPHIUROIDEA (noun)
  The noun CLASS OPHIUROIDEA has 1 sense:

1. brittle stars and basket stars

  Familiarity information: CLASS OPHIUROIDEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASS OPHIUROIDEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brittle stars and basket stars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Ophiuroidea; Ophiuroidea

Hypernyms ("class Ophiuroidea" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Ophiuroidea"):

Ophiurida; subclass Ophiurida (brittle stars)

Euryalida; subclass Euryalida (basket stars)

Holonyms ("class Ophiuroidea" is a member of...):

Echinodermata; phylum Echinodermata (radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers)