Definition of Ophiurans

1. Noun. (plural of ophiuran) ¹

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Definition of Ophiurans

1. ophiuran [n] - See also: ophiuran

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ophiurans

ophiology
ophiomancy
ophiomorpha
ophiomorphite
ophiomorphites
ophiomorphous
ophiophagous
ophiophagus
ophiophagy
ophite
ophites
ophitic
ophiuchus
ophiura
ophiuran
ophiurans (current term)
ophiuras
ophiurid
ophiurida
ophiurids
ophiurioid
ophiurioids
ophiuroid
ophiuroidea
ophiuroids
ophritis
ophryitis
ophryogenes
ophryon
ophryons

Literary usage of Ophiurans

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Seaside Studies in Natural History by Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, Alexander Agassiz (1871)
"All ophiurans are difficult to find, from their exceeding shyness ; they hide themselves in the darkest crevices, and though no eye- specks have yet been ..."

2. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"... arms start off abruptly from its circumference. Locomotion is effected by means of spines. Miiller and Troschel divide the ophiurans into two groups, ..."

3. Natural History: A Manual of Zoölogy for Schools, Colleges and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"Locomotion is effected by means of spines. Miiller and Troschel divide the ophiurans into two groups, — Ophi- urre and ..."

4. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1869)
"... arms start off abruptly from its circumference. Locomotion is effected by means of spines. Miiller and Troschel divide the ophiurans into two groups, ..."

5. Natural History of Animals: Containing Brief Descriptions of the Animals by Sanborn Tenney (1875)
"ophiurans, OB SERPENT-STARS. ... or ophiurans, are so called from the resemblance of their long slender rays to a snake's tail. They are found on nearly all ..."

6. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"According to T. Ly- man, there are more than a dozen species of ophiurans on the coast of the United States. ..."

7. Thayer Expedition by Charles Frederick Hartt (1870)
"Star-fishes, ophiurans, &c. — Resemblance between the Echinoderms of the Abrolhos and West Indies. ..."

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