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EURYALIDA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
Euryalida; subclass Euryalida
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Euryalida" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Euryalida"):
basket fish; 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)
Euryale; genus Euryale (basket stars)
Astrophyton; genus Astrophyton (includes many of the basket stars)
genus Gorgonocephalus; Gorgonocephalus (basket stars)
Holonyms ("Euryalida" is a member of...):
class Ophiuroidea; Ophiuroidea (brittle stars and basket stars)