Meaning Of The Word Starfish

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starfish
countable noun: A starfish is a flat, star-shaped creature with five arms that lives in the sea.

starfish in American English
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
noun: 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

starfish in British English
noun: any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, such as Asterias rubens, typically having a flattened body covered with a flexible test and five arms radiating from a central disc

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