Starfish in English dictionary

  • starfish

    Meanings and definitions of "Starfish"

    • Any of various asteroids or other echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
    • (vulgar, slang, usually in translations of Japanese pornography) an anus. See also chocolate starfish.
    • noun
      Any of various asteroids or other echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
    • noun
      (vulgar, slang, usually in translations of Japanese pornography)
      an anus. See also chocolate starfish.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
    • various echinoderms
    • (Asteroidea) Animals belonging to the echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk.
    • noun
      echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk

    Synonyms of "Starfish" in English dictionary

    echinoderm, sea star, sea star are the top synonyms of "Starfish" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Starfish

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza starfish, lm  liczba mnoga starfishes
    • starfish ( plural  starfishes  or starfish)
    • starfish (plural starfishes or starfish)
    • starfish (third-person singular simple present starfishes, present participle starfishing, simple past and past participle starfished)
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