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Definition of Starfish
1. Noun. Echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk.
Generic synonyms: Echinoderm
Group relationships: Asteroidea, Class Asteroidea
Definition of Starfish
1. n. 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.
Definition of Starfish
1. Noun. 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. ¹
2. Noun. (vulgar slang usually in translations of Japanese pornography) an anus. See also chocolate starfish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Starfish
1. a star-shaped marine animal [n -ES]