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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.
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Kale Williams, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
However, predators like sea stars and snails have evolved olfactory receptors specifically tuned to detect these compounds, turning the barnacles’ defensive mechanism into a homing beacon.
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
The rarest sighting of the day, however, was a giant starfish known as a sunflower sea star — its 20 or so arms can span three feet.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
Open the shell to reveal the sea star and watch the necklace light up (three AA batteries included).
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Quincy Bulin, Parents, 22 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1569, in the meaning defined above
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“Sea star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20star. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
sea star
noun
: starfish
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