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[stahr-fish] Pronunciation Key
[stahr-fish] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish·es.
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish·es. | any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, having the body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or arms radiating from a central disk; asteroid. |
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(stär'fĭsh') Pronunciation Key
n. pl. starfish or star·fish·es Any of various marine echinoderms of the class Asteroidea, characteristically having a thick, often spiny body with five arms extending from a central disk. Also called asteroid, sea star. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| starfish | |
noun | |
| echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk |
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| starfish
(stär'fĭsh') Pronunciation Key
Any of various marine echinoderms of the class Asteroidea, having a star-shaped body usually with five arms. The arms have rows of little suckers on the undersides, called tube feet, with which the animal moves around and grasps prey. Many species extrude their stomach onto prey and digest it externally. Starfish can grow new arms if any are lost, and in one species, a whole individual can be regenerated from a single piece of arm. Starfish are related to sea urchins and sea cucumbers. |
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Starfish
Star"fish\, 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 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. Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes. See Brittle star, and Ophiuroidea. 2. (Zo["o]l.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.
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