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nounechinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
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- basket fish any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc
- phylum echinodermata radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers
- basket star any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc
- serpent star an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
- brittle-star an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
- brittle star an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
- tube foot tentacular tubular process of most echinoderms (starfish and sea urchins and holothurians) having a sucker at the end and used for e.g. locomotion and respiration
- echinodermata radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers
- fissiparity reproduction of some multicellular organisms by division, as in the case of some starfish