SUBCLASS OPHIURIDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subclass Ophiurida mean? 

• SUBCLASS OPHIURIDA (noun)
  The noun SUBCLASS OPHIURIDA has 1 sense:

1. brittle stars

  Familiarity information: SUBCLASS OPHIURIDA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBCLASS OPHIURIDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brittle stars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ophiurida; subclass Ophiurida

Hypernyms ("subclass Ophiurida" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "subclass Ophiurida"):

brittle-star; brittle star; serpent star (an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc)

Holonyms ("subclass Ophiurida" is a member of...):

class Ophiuroidea; Ophiuroidea (brittle stars and basket stars)