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basket star

DEFINITIONS OF: basket star

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

Synonyms:
basket fish
Types:
Astrophyton muricatum
a variety of basket star
Type of:
echinoderm
marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies
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