starfishnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈstɑː.fɪʃ/us/ˈstɑːr.fɪʃ/plural starfish or starfishesa flat animal that lives in the sea and has five arms that grow from its body in the shape of a star
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Sea creatures
- abalone
- amphipod
- barnacle
- bivalve
- cephalopod
- crab
- crayfish
- crustacean
- cuttlefish
- echinoderm
- mollusc
- mussel
- octopus
- oyster
- periwinkle
- shipworm
- shrimp
- squid
- teredo
- trilobite
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Examples from literature
- Another problem for coral is an interesting kind of starfish.
- That starfish looks like a red star.
- There are sometimes too many of these starfish.