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View synonyms for basket star
basket star
noun
- any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, especially of the genus Gorgonocephalus, having long, slender, branching arms.
basket-star
noun
- any of several echinoderms of the genus Gorgonocephalus , in which long slender arms radiate from a central disc: order Ophiuroidea (brittle-stars)
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Origin of basket star1
First recorded in 1920–25
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