- starfish
- noun Date: 1538 any of a class (Asteroidea) of echinoderms that have a body of usually five arms radially arranged about a central disk and feed largely on mollusks (as oysters) — called also sea star
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starfish — [stär′fish΄] n. pl. starfish or starfishes (see FISH) any of a subclass (Asteroidea) of echinoderms with a hard, spiny skeleton and five or more arms or rays arranged like the points of a star; asteroid … English World dictionary
Starfish — Star fish ( f[i^]sh ), n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Starfish — Starfish, Borland … Universal-Lexikon
starfish — 1530s, from STAR (Cf. star) (n.) + FISH (Cf. fish) … Etymology dictionary
starfish — ► NOUN ▪ a marine echinoderm having a flattened body with five or more radiating arms bearing tube feet … English terms dictionary
Starfish — For other uses, see Starfish (disambiguation). Asteroidea redirects here. For the Asteraceae subfamily, see Asteroideae. Sea Stars Temporal range: Ordovician–Recent … Wikipedia
starfish — /stahr fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) starfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) starfishes. any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, having the body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or… … Universalium
starfish — UK [ˈstɑː(r)ˌfɪʃ] / US [ˈstɑrˌfɪʃ] noun [countable] Word forms starfish : singular starfish plural starfish a small flat sea animal with five or more arms in the shape of a star … English dictionary
starfish — [[t]stɑ͟ː(r)fɪʃ[/t]] N COUNT (starfish is both the singular and the plural form.) A starfish is a flat, star shaped creature with five arms that lives in the sea … English dictionary
starfish — noun a) Any of various asteroids or other echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach. b) an anus. See also chocolate starfish. Syn: sea star, asteroid … Wiktionary
