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Definition of brittlestar in English: brittlestarnoun ˈbrɪtlstɑːˈbrɪdlˌstɑr A marine animal related to starfishes, with long, thin, flexible arms radiating from a small central disk. 海蛇尾 Class Ophiuroidea: Ophiura and other genera Example sentencesExamples - But the flowers are not flowers at all, they are crinoids, animals whose closest relatives include the starfish, brittlestars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers - the echinoderms.
- Lightbulb sea squirts, common brittlestars, featherstars of various colours, and northern prawns survey diving passers-by from their rock crevices and ledges.
- The main life on the hull plates consists of tunicates and brittlestars.
- Common food items are small crustaceans, worms, brittlestars, sea urchins, and snails.
- Plankton is the bottom rung of the marine ecosystem's long ladder of life, and where there is plenty, marine organisms from brittlestars to whale sharks thrive.
Definition of brittlestar in US English: brittlestarnounˈbridlˌstärˈbrɪdlˌstɑr An echinoderm related to the starfish, with long, thin, flexible arms radiating from a small central disk. 海蛇尾 Class Ophiuroidea: Ophiura and other genera Example sentencesExamples - Plankton is the bottom rung of the marine ecosystem's long ladder of life, and where there is plenty, marine organisms from brittlestars to whale sharks thrive.
- Lightbulb sea squirts, common brittlestars, featherstars of various colours, and northern prawns survey diving passers-by from their rock crevices and ledges.
- But the flowers are not flowers at all, they are crinoids, animals whose closest relatives include the starfish, brittlestars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers - the echinoderms.
- Common food items are small crustaceans, worms, brittlestars, sea urchins, and snails.
- The main life on the hull plates consists of tunicates and brittlestars.
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