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Noun: serpent star
  1. An animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc
    "The serpent star quickly regenerated its broken arm";
    - brittle star, brittle-star

Derived forms: serpent stars

Type of: echinoderm

Part of: Ophiurida, subclass Ophiurida

Encyclopedia: Serpent star