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sea star
(encz) | sea star, n: |
Sea star
(gcide) | Sea star \Sea" star`\ (Zool.)
A starfish, or brittle star.
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sea star
(gcide) | Starfish \Star"fish`\ (-f[i^]sh`), n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms
belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is
star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number
of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are
often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only
as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star,
five-finger, and stellerid.
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Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes.
See Brittle star, and Ophiuroidea.
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2. (Zool.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.
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sea star
(wn) | sea star
n 1: echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a
central disk [syn: starfish, sea star] |
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sea star
(encz) | sea star, n: |
sea starwort
(encz) | sea starwort, n: |
sea star
(gcide) | Sea star \Sea" star`\ (Zool.)
A starfish, or brittle star.
[1913 Webster]Starfish \Star"fish`\ (-f[i^]sh`), n.
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms
belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is
star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number
of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are
often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only
as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star,
five-finger, and stellerid.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes.
See Brittle star, and Ophiuroidea.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zool.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.
[1913 Webster] |
sea star
(wn) | sea star
n 1: echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a
central disk [syn: starfish, sea star] |
sea starwort
(wn) | sea starwort
n 1: a common European aster that grows in salt marshes [syn:
sea aster, sea starwort, Aster tripolium] |
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