sea star

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sea star

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From sea + star. Compare West Frisian seestjer (“sea star”), Dutch zeester (“sea star”), German Seestern (“sea star”), Danish søstjerne (“sea star”), Swedish sjöstjärna (“sea star”), Icelandic sjóstjarna (“sea star”).

noun sea stars · sea-star · seastar

A starfish (class Asteroidea).
Similar: starfish, asteroid
obsolete A star used for navigation or guidance at sea. 1658: By the same number doth nature divide the circle of the Sea-Starre — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 188)

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@misc{sea_star_2026,
  title = {sea star},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sea%20star},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}