brittle star 海蛇尾
brittle star[ noun ]
an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
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Brittle star \Brit"tle star`\ (br[i^]t"t'l st[aum]r`),
(Zo["o]l.)
Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See {Ophiuroidea}.