sea star

noun

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Bring the family and experience an up- close and personal encounter with LEC’s sea urchins, sea stars, and sea cucumbers. Joe Rassel, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2025 The ships provide thick wetsuits, hoods, booties, and gloves for exploring the vivid marine life, including the world’s most diverse population of sea stars. Uncruise Adventures, AFAR Media, 25 Mar. 2025 These aquatic, plant-like animals related to sea stars and sea urchins are formally called crinoids. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025 Purple sea urchin populations have exploded in Oregon in recent years after a die-off of another of the shellfishes' top predators — sunflower sea stars. Kale Williams, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sea star

Word History

First Known Use

1569, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sea star was in 1569

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“Sea star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20star. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.

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