Brittle Star - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: brittle starSea star
A starfish or brittle star...
VerbarOphiurioidea
A class of star shaped echinoderms having a disklike body with slender articulated arms which are not grooved beneath and are often very fragile called also Ophiuroida and Ophiuridea See Illust under Brittle star...
Brittle star
Any species of ophiuran starfishes See Ophiuroidea...
Brittlely
In a brittle manner...
star chamber
star chamber 1 cap S&C : an old English court abolished in 1641 that exercised wide civil and criminal jurisdiction under rules of procedure suited to the prerogatives of the king and that was marked by secrecy, the absence of juries, self-incrimination, and an inquisitorial as opposed to accusatorial system of justice 2 : a tribunal or proceeding resembling the Star Chamber esp. in being secretive or arbitrary ...
co star
to feature as the co star in a performance as the film co starred Robin Williams as the psychiatrist...
day star
The morning star the star which ushers in the day usually the planet Venus when seen before and just after sunrise...
Dog Star
Sirius a star of the constellation Canis Major or the Greater Dog and the brightest star in the heavens called also Canicula and in astronomical charts alpha Canis Majoris See Dog days...
Ill starred
Fated to be unfortunate unlucky as an ill starred man or day...
Lone Star State
Texas a nickname alluding to the single star on its coat of arms being the device used on its flag and seal when it was a republic...
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