BRITTLE STAR

Meaning of BRITTLE STAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1843

: any of a class or subclass (Ophiuroidea) of echinoderms that have slender flexible arms distinct from the central disk

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BRITTLE STAR — noun Date: 1843 any of a class or subclass (Ophiuroidea) of echinoderms that have slender flexible arms distinct from the …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BRITTLE STAR — noun : ophiuroid ; especially : a simple-armed ophiuroid (order Ophiurida)
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRITTLE STAR — () Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.
Английский словарь Webster
BRITTLE STAR — Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BRITTLE STAR — any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, having the body composed of a central, rounded disk from which radiate long, slender, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRITTLE STAR — any species of ophiuran starfishes. ·see ophiuroidea.
Webster English vocab
BRITTLE STAR — Function: noun Date: 1843 : any of a class or subclass (Ophiuroidea) of echinoderms that have slender flexible arms distinct …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
BRITTLE STAR — [brittle star] n (1843): any of a subclass or class (Ophiuroidea) of echinoderms that have slender flexible arms distinct from …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRITTLE STAR
Britannica English vocabulary
BRITTLE-STAR — brittle-star BrE AmE ˈbrɪt ə l stɑː AmE \ ˈbrɪt̬ ə l stɑːr ▷ brittle-star|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BRITTLE STAR — Офиуры
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
BRITTLE — fragil, fractíbil
English interlingue dictionary
BRITTLE — I. adjective (~r; ~st) Etymology: Middle English britil; akin to Old English brēotan to break, Old Norse brjōta Date: 14th …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
STAR — I Any massive celestial body of gas that shines by radiant energy generated inside it. The Milky Way Galaxy contains …
Английский словарь Британика
STAR — I. ˈstär, ˈstȧ(r noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRITTLE — I. ˈbrid. ə l, -it ə l adjective Etymology: Middle English britil; akin to Old English brēotan to break, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BRITTLE — (a.) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Английский словарь Webster
BRITTLE — ( a. ) Easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
STAR — — starless , adj. /stahr/ , n., adj., v., starred, starring . n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRITTLE — — brittleness , n. /brit"l/ , adj., brittler, brittlest , n. , v. , brittled, brittling . adj. 1. having …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BRITTLE — adj. friable; fragile, breakable; sensitive
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STAR — I. ˈstär noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra; akin to Old High German sterno …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BRITTLE — I. ˈbri-t ə l adjective ( brit·tler ˈbrit-lər, ˈbri-t ə l-ər ; brit·tlest -ləst, -t ə l-əst) Etymology: Middle English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STAR — noun the polestar; the north star. 2. star ·noun that which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament …
Webster English vocab
BRITTLE — adj easily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Webster English vocab
BRITTLE — ■ adjective 1》 hard but liable to break easily. 2》 (of a voice) unpleasantly hard and sharp and showing signs …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STAR — [star] n, often attrib [ME sterre, fr. OE steorra; akin to OHG sterno star, L stella, Gk aster, astron] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRITTLE — [brit.tle] adj brit.tler ; brit.tlest [ME britil; akin to OE breotan to break, ON brjota] (14c) 1 a: easily broken, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BRITTLE — brittl|e BrE AmE ˈbrɪt ə l AmE ˈbrɪt̬ ə l ▷ brittl|er ə AmE ə r ▷ brittl|eness nəs nɪs …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STAR — / stɑː(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun IN SKY 1. [ C ] a large ball of burning …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRITTLE — / ˈbrɪtl; NAmE / adjective 1. hard but easily broken : brittle bones / nails 2. a brittle mood or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAR — I. star 1 S2 W2 /stɑː $ stɑːr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: steorra ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BRITTLE — brit ‧ tle /ˈbrɪtl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old English ; Origin: gebryttan 'to break into …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STAR — n. & v. --n. 1 a celestial body appearing as a luminous point in the night sky. 2 (in full …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BRITTLE — adj. & n. --adj. hard and fragile; apt to break. --n. a brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STAR — n. & v. n. 1 a celestial body appearing as a luminous point in the night sky. 2 (in full …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BRITTLE — adj. & n. adj. hard and fragile; apt to break. n. a brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STAR — n. & v. --n. 1. a celestial body appearing as a luminous point in the night sky. 2 (in full …
Oxford English vocab
BRITTLE — adj. & n. --adj. hard and fragile; apt to break. --n. a brittle sweet made from nuts and set melted …
Oxford English vocab
STAR — ( stars, starring, starred) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A star …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BRITTLE — 1. An object or substance that is brittle is hard but easily broken. Pine is brittle and breaks. ...the dry, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAR — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a comedy star (= a very famous comedy actor or actress ) ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BRITTLE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN bone ▪ Osteoporosis Otherwise known as brittle bone disease, osteoporosis is a major cause …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BRITTLE — [adjective] - delicate and easily brokenAs you get older your bones become increasingly brittle.The pond was covered in a brittle …
Cambridge English vocab
STAR — n. falling star shooting star North Star pulsating radio star Dog Star sea star Barnard's star binary star David Star …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STAR — n. Any massive celestial body of gas that shines by radiant energy generated inside it. The Milky Way Galaxy contains …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STAR
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRITTLE — Synonyms and related words : atrophied, breakable, brittle as glass, capricious, changeable, cheap-jack, cobwebby, corruptible, crackable, crisp, crispy, crumbly, crump, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
STAR — I. noun 1 small point of light in the night sky ADJECTIVE ▪ bright , brilliant ▪ faint ▪ distant …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BRITTLE — adj. Brittle is used with these nouns: ↑ bone , ↑ nail , ↑ stem
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STAR — n. 25B6; noun the sky was full of stars : CELESTIAL BODY, heavenly body, sun; asteroid, planet. See lists. the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRITTLE — adj. 25B6; adjective glass is a brittle material : BREAKABLE, fragile, delicate; splintery; formal frangible. a brittle laugh : HARSH, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BRITTLE — < jargon > Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or …
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
BRITTLE — adj. 1 fragile, frangible, breakable; friable My fingernails become brittle in the cold and break easily 2 frail, weak, delicate, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
BRITTLE — Said of software that is functional but easily broken by changes in operating environment or configuration, or by any minor …
Jargon File English vocabulary
STAR — 1. сущ. 1) звезда; светило bright star ≈ яркая звезда distant star ≈ далекая звезда evening star ≈ вечерняя звезда …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BRITTLE — прил. ломкий, хрупкий Syn : fragile ореховые леденцы в форме плиток хрупкий, ломкий раздраженный, нервный - * tone раздраженный тон …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STAR — 1. stɑ: n 1. 1> звезда shooting star - метеор, падающая звезда the North /the Polar/ star - Полярная звезда …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BRITTLE — brittle.ogg 1. ʹbrıtl n ореховые леденцы в форме плиток 2. ʹbrıtl a 1. хрупкий, ломкий 2. раздражённый, нервный brittle tone …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STAR — 1) звезда 2) звездный 3) звездочка 4) отметина 5) разветвленный 6) светило 7) связка • boundedly reducible star body — ограниченно приводимое звездное тело mixed star tree — смешанное …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
STAR — star сущ.1) звезда; светило bright star — яркая звезда distant star — далекая звезда evening star — вечерняя звезда morning …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
STAR — 1. stɑ: n 1. 1> звезда shooting star - метеор, падающая звезда the North /the Polar/ star - Полярная звезда …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BRITTLE — 1. ʹbrıtl n ореховые леденцы в форме плиток 2. ʹbrıtl a 1. хрупкий, ломкий 2. раздражённый, нервный brittle tone - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STAR — 1. сущ. 1) звезда; светило bright star — яркая звезда distant star — далекая звезда evening star — вечерняя звезда …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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