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OPHIUROIDEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ophiuroidea mean?
• OPHIUROIDEA (noun)
The noun OPHIUROIDEA has 1 sense:
1. brittle stars and basket stars
Familiarity information: OPHIUROIDEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brittle stars and basket stars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
class Ophiuroidea; Ophiuroidea
Hypernyms ("Ophiuroidea" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Ophiuroidea"):
Ophiurida; subclass Ophiurida (brittle stars)
Euryalida; subclass Euryalida (basket stars)
Holonyms ("Ophiuroidea" is a member of...):
Echinodermata; phylum Echinodermata (radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers)
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