asterias

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noun

A sea star.

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Meanings

nounasterias (plural asteriases)

plural asteriases

  1. A sea star.

    […] which exhibits the under surface of an asterias; a shows the nervous circle around the mouth; b the smaller; c the central larger nervous branches to the rays of the body.

    1828, The Westminster Review, volume 9, page 179
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