starfish

noun

star·fish ˈstär-ˌfish

: any of a class (Asteroidea) of echinoderms that have a body of usually five arms radially arranged about a central disk and feed largely on mollusks (such as oysters)

called also sea star

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Leadership Lessons from the Sea Star Sea stars, also known as starfish, play a surprising yet critical role in their ecosystems. —

Scott Hutcheson, Forbes, 7 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. —

Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025 As a little boy, Richard smiles at the camera – wearing a captain’s hat, dressed in a Ranger Station uniform, displaying a science award, feeding a goat, clutching a starfish, wearing a crisp, white karate gi. —

Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025 Jupiter Dive Center offers snorkeling tours near the Jupiter Lighthouse inlet to see starfish, crabs, and maybe a manatee passing through. —

Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for starfish