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Definition of Ophiurida
1. Noun. Brittle stars.
Group relationships: Class Ophiuroidea, Ophiuroidea
Member holonyms: Brittle Star, Brittle-star, Serpent Star
Generic synonyms: Class
Definition of Ophiurida
1. n. pl. Same as Ophiurioidea.
Medical Definition of Ophiurida
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophiurida
Literary usage of Ophiurida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1900)
"Preliminary List of the known genera and species of living ophiurida? ... Zoology,
v, Report on the ophiurida? dredged during the years 1873-6. pp. ..."
2. Elements of Comparative Anatomy by Carl Gegenbaur (1878)
"The structure of the integument of the ophiurida resembles that of the Asteroida
... 100, BI) in the ophiurida; other lateral processes of various kinds are ..."
3. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1858)
"The masticating surface of the maxillae in all the ophiurida carries teeth or
papillae. The teeth occupy the entire breadth of the jaw, ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The class is divided into t\vo orders, ophiurida and ... Both orders of the
Ophiuroidea—the ophiurida having simple arms and the ..."
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