| / English Dictionary |
BASKET FISH
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc
Synonyms:
basket fish; basket star
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("basket fish" is a kind of...):
echinoderm (marine invertebrates with tube feet and five-part radially symmetrical bodies)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basket fish"):
Astrophyton muricatum (a variety of basket star)
Holonyms ("basket fish" is a member of...):
Euryalida; subclass Euryalida (basket stars)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
