asterid

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noun

Any member of the clade of asterids.

Origintaxonomic name Asteroidea →
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Meanings

asterid1

nounasterid (plural asterids)

plural asterids

  1. alternativebiologyAlternative spelling of asteroid (starfish).

    He concludes that Echinocystis is an echinid and not a cystid; and that Palæodiscus is an echinid and not an asterid.

    1897, Henry Hicks, “Reports and Proceedings”, in Geological Magazine, volume 4, page 90

asterid2

nounasterid (plural asterids)

plural asterids

  1. biologyAny member of the clade of asterids.
adjectiveasterid (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf or relating to the clade of asterids.

Origin

asterid · noun

  1. taxonomic nameAsteroidea
  2. taxonomic nameAsteroidea
  3. Englishasterid

Borrowed from taxonomic name Asteroidea.

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asterid · noun, adjective

  1. taxonomic nameAsteridae
  2. taxonomic nameAsteridae
  3. Englishasterid

Borrowed from taxonomic name Asteridae.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

asterid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asterid

MLA

“asterid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asterid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asterid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asterid.

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