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Definition of 'basket-star'

basket-star in British

noun
any of several echinoderms of the genus Gorgonocephalus, in which long slender arms radiate from a central disc: order Ophiuroidea (brittle-stars)
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basket star in American

any of a family (Gorgonocephalidae) of brittle stars with many tangled, rootlike arms
: also called basket fish
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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  • Basket Maker
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  • basketball
  • basketball player
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