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    BASKET FISH

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central discplay

    Synonyms:

    basket fish; basket star

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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