| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| ophiuroid |
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| SYLLABICATION: | oph·i·ur·oid |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   f  -y r oid,  f- |
| NOUN: | See brittle star. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From New Latin Ophi ro dea, class name : Ophira, type genus ( Greek ophis, snake + Greek our , tail; see ors- in Appendix I) + Greek -oeids, -oid.
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