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Definition of Ophiura
1. n. A genus of ophiurioid starfishes.
Definition of Ophiura
1. a type of starfish [n -S] - See also: starfish
Medical Definition of Ophiura
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophiura
Literary usage of Ophiura
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of ...by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"Spine of an ophiura ; 2, portion of the same more magnified. 3. Л pedicel'aria
of the common starfish (Asteria» rubens) ; on the right hand is a 4. ..."
2. Monograph on the British Fossil Echinodermata from the Cretaceous Formations by Walter Percy Sladen, William Kingdon Spencer, Thomas Wright (1880)
"ophiura, Lam., Ag. = (Sect. A, De Blainville).—Disk much depressed; rays simple,
squamous; spines very short, embracing the lateral plate. Types. ..."
3. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1847)
"As soon as the young ophiura has become developed, it is furnished with a disc
... We meet with these young ophiura in the upper parts of the open sea, ..."
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