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Basket fish

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basket star

–noun
any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea, esp. of the genus Gorgonocephalus, having long, slender, branching arms.
Also called basket fish.


Origin:
1920–25
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basket fish  
n.  See basket star.
basket star  
n.  Any of various marine organisms of the class Ophiuroidea, related to the starfishes and having slender, branching, interlaced arms. Also called basket fish.
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