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FEATHER STAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does feather star mean?
• FEATHER STAR (noun)
The noun FEATHER STAR has 1 sense:
1. free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms
Familiarity information: FEATHER STAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
comatulid; feather star
Hypernyms ("feather star" is a kind of...):
crinoid (primitive echinoderms having five or more feathery arms radiating from a central disk)
Holonyms ("feather star" is a member of...):
Antedon; genus Antedon (a genus of echinoderms of the family Antedonidae)
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