brittle star

See also: brittlestar

English

Etymology

From brittle +‎ star.

Noun

brittle star (plural brittle stars)

1. Any of various echinoderms, of the class Ophiuroidea, that resemble starfish and have long, slender arms that regenerate when snapped off.
   • 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 48:

     Recently, explorers discovered a seamount near Antarctica covered in tens of millions of brittle stars packed ray tip to ray tip, in a massive underwater ‘city’, alongside other strange species such as giant bubble gum coral.

Synonyms

• ophiuroid

Translations

echinoderms

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海蛇尾 (hǎishéwěi)

• Czech: hadice (cs) f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: käärmetähti
• French: ophiure (fr) f
• Japanese: 蜘蛛海星, 蜘蛛人手 (クモヒトデ, kumohitode)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: sǫʼ łóóʼ bigaanézí
• Polish: wężowidło n
• Portuguese: ofiuroide m
• Russian: офиу́ра (ru) f (ofiúra)
• Spanish: ofiura f, ofiuroideo m
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

See also

• sea star