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Marine creature with five arms
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starfish
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Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea . Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to as brittle stars or "basket stars". About 1,500 species of ...
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n. echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk [syn: sea star ] [also: starfishes (pl)]
Usage examples of starfish.
He wore nothing but a pair of stained homespun breeches, tied at the waist with a length of tarred rope, and was burned so dark by the sun that he might have been a Negro, save for the spill of long black hair that fell over one shoulder, decorated with bits of shell and tiny dried starfish tied into it.
But if he ever wanted to get anything out of Poly it THE ARM OF THE STARFISH would not do to antagonize her now.
THE ARM OF THE STARFISH Poly entered, taking Adam perforce along with her.
He would never have called Poly a precious child, but Adam knew that it was to the canon THE ARM OF THE STARFISH that Poly was precious.
The dolphin started swimming in a slow, graceful circle, THE ARM OF THE STARFISH with Poly swimming beside her.
He knew that in actuality Friday THE ARM OF THE STARFISH was moving closer and looming larger with every passing minute, but he kept it out of his mind until Thursday night when all the children, including Poly, were in bed, and he was sitting in the living room with Dr.
Westeros, the ironmen had sacked Ryamsport and taken Vinetown and Starfish Harbor for their own, using them as bases to prey on shipping bound for Oldtown.
THE ARM OF THE STARFISH Kali got up and went to the one uncurtained, unshut tered window, and stood looking out.
Yuuzhan Vong warrior casually walked out of the compound, wearing his starfish breathing adaptor, for he could not bring himself to trust the mechanical breathing apparatus of the enviro-suits.
The amebocytes of starfish were recently found to contain a material that immobilizes the macrophages of mammals, resembling a product of immune lymphocytes in higher forms.
Spread like a starfish, the Beaverwood building contained long, gloomy corridors, with lighting fixtures feeble and far between.
Next to her was a canvas bag, a pile of bleached conchs, and some woebegone starfish.
Chordata, and we developed directly from the phylum Echinodermata, or the starfish.
And the phylum Echinodermata she left far behind, left the starfishes, the sea urchins, and their allies to grope in peace in the dark water of the sea.
He opened the bottle of glue and made a small globby patch on one of the doors, and then held the wooden starfish against the glue in order to attach it.