What does sea star mean?

sea star means "echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk".

What is another word for sea star?

Close synonyms include starfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sea star a common word?

sea star is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Sea star — meaning and 1 synonym

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
Synonymsstarfish
Broaderechinoderm
Part ofAsteroidea

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What does sea star mean?: sea star means "echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk".
What is another word for sea star?: Close synonyms include starfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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