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Noun: basket star  bãs-kit staa(r)
  1. Any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale, Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc
    - basket fish

Derived forms: basket stars

Type of: echinoderm

Part of: Euryalida, subclass Euryalida

Encyclopedia: Basket star