BASKET STAR
Dictionary entry overview: What does basket star mean? • BASKET STAR (noun)
The noun BASKET STAR has 1 sense:
1. any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc
Familiarity information: BASKET STAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• BASKET STAR (noun)
Meaning:
Any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
basket fish; basket star
Hypernyms ("basket star" is a kind of...):
echinoderm (marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basket star"):
Astrophyton muricatum (a variety of basket star)
Holonyms ("basket star" is a member of...):
Euryalida; subclass Euryalida (basket stars)
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