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OPHIURIDA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ophiurida mean?
• OPHIURIDA (noun)
The noun OPHIURIDA has 1 sense:
1. brittle stars
Familiarity information: OPHIURIDA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brittle stars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Ophiurida; subclass Ophiurida
Hypernyms ("Ophiurida" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Ophiurida"):
brittle-star; brittle star; serpent star (an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc)
Holonyms ("Ophiurida" is a member of...):
class Ophiuroidea; Ophiuroidea (brittle stars and basket stars)
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