English Explanatory Dictionary

ophiure

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea

Word forms

ophiure ophiures

Etymology

From translingual genus name Ophiura (originally species name in Linnaeus), from New Latin ophiurus (“brittle star”), from Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “serpent”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) (referring to the serpent-like arms of the brittle star). This English form by conflation with suffix -ure (“result of an action; official procedure”).

Synonyms

ophiuroid brittle star
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