star-fish

A form of starfish — Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.

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Meanings

nounstar-fish (plural star-fishes or star-fish)

plural star-fishes

  1. archaicArchaic form of starfish.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “star-fish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/star-fish.

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