Definitions for brittle-star

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brittle-star brittle star

Brittle-Star is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 845 anagrams from letters in brittle-star (-abeilrrsttt).

Definitions for brittle-star

noun

1. any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, having the body composed of a central, rounded disk from which radiate long, slender, fragile arms.

Origin of brittle-star

First recorded in 1835-45

Examples for brittle-star

We saw just now that the brittle-star breaks off its own rays at the slightest alarm.

Thus, for instance, when a brittle-star has its nerve-ring severed between each ray, an interesting series of events follows.