Ophiure
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ophiure is a noun meaning (rare) Any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea.
Meaning
(rare) Any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea.
Example Sentences
SHORT-SPINED OPHIURE.
Their food consisted of shells, worms, and Ophiures.
As for the species level, ophiures Amphiodia urtica dominate.
From the bottom of his nets a fisherman one day gave me three almost dying creatures, a sea hedgehog, a sea star, and another star, a pretty ophiure, which still moved and soon lost its delicate arms.
Word Forms
- ophiures
Synonyms for ophiure
Depending on context, synonyms include ophiuroid.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ophiuran, ophiactid, ophiocomid, eophrynid, opheliid, ophidioid.
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