Sea star

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A starfish (class Asteroidea).
  2. 2
    echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
starfishstarfishes

Etymology

From sea + star. Compare West Frisian seestjer (“sea star”), Dutch zeester (“sea star”), German Seestern (“sea star”), Danish søstjerne (“sea star”), Swedish sjöstjärna (“sea star”), Icelandic sjóstjarna (“sea star”).

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