Definition of Ophiureoidea
{ ||O`phi*u`ri*oi"de*a (?), ||O`phi*u*roi"de*a
(?), } n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; serpent + &?; tail
+ &?; form.] (Zoöl.) A class of star-shaped
echinoderms having a disklike body, with slender, articulated arms,
which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile; -- called
also Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea. See Illust.
under Brittle star.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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