Found 2 items, similar to feather stars.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: feather star feather star n : free-swimming stalkless crinoid with ten feathery arms; found on muddy sea bottoms [syn: comatulid]
English → English (gcide) Definition: feather stars Comatula \Co*mat"u*la\ (?; 135), n. [NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.] (Zo["o]l.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars. [1913 Webster]