Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

basket star

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.04 in modern English

Syllables: bas-ket s-tar
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any brittle star with many-branched arms, that live in deep-sea habitats, principally in family Gorgonocephalidae, of order Euryalida or of suborder Euryalina in order Phrynophiurida.

Example Sentences

"Basket star, Astroboa sp. feeding on zooplankton at night in the Solomon Islands."

Inflected Forms

basket stars (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

snake star serpent star

Synonyms

basket fish

Questions

What does basket star mean?: Any brittle star with many-branched arms, that live in deep-sea habitats, principally in family Gorgonocephalidae, of order Euryalida or of suborder Euryalina in order Phrynophiurida.

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