brittle-star brittle star • brittlestem · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · brittle-star · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 12 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) an animal resembling a starfish with fragile whiplike arms radiating from a small central disc. Synonyms: brittle star, serpent star. · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · brittle star · · Synonym 1 serpent star · · Synonym 2 Characters · · - hyphen-minus U+002D a latin small letter a U+0061 b latin small letter b U+0062 e latin small letter e U+0065 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 t latin small letter t U+0074