ophiuroid

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ophiuroid

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From class name Ophiuroidea.

noun ophiuroids

  1. An echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea; the brittlestar. Other ophiuroids are more delicate: they pick, feel and spread themselves over corals, gorgonians and other organisms like courtesans in feather boas.

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@misc{ophiuroid_2026,
  title = {ophiuroid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ophiuroid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}