OPHIUROIDEA


Meaning of OPHIUROIDEA in English

noun ·pl a class of star-shaped echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms, which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile;

— called also ophiuroida and ophiuridea. ·see ·illust. under brittle star.

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