ophiure

Etymology

From translingual genus name Ophiura (originally species name in Linnaeus), from New Latin ophiurus (“brittle star”), from Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “serpent”) + οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) (referring to the serpent-like arms of the brittle star). This English form by conflation with suffix -ure (“result of an action; official procedure”).

ophiure means any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

Any echinoderm of the class Ophiuroidea“SHORT-SPINED OPHIURE.”