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Brittle-star   /brˈɪtəl-stɑr/   Listen
Brittle-star

noun
1.
An animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc.  Synonyms: brittle star, serpent star.





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... strata, though a new and more advanced type—the Blastoid—holds the field for a time. It is the age of the Crinoids or sea-lilies. The starfish, which has abandoned the stalk, does not seem to prosper as yet, and the brittle-star appears. Their age will come later. No sea-urchins or sea-cucumbers (which would hardly be preserved) are found as yet. It is precisely the order of appearance which our theory ...
— The Story of Evolution • Joseph McCabe


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