starfish
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starfish
- /ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/
Where it comes from
From star + fish.
noun starfishes · starfish · star-fish
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Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
Near-synonym: Asteroidea
Similar: sea star, asteroid, mul:Asteroidea
- Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod. But the largest of the star-fish kind is that sea monster called kruken, kraken or krabben. [...] As this enormous sea-animal in all probability may be reckoned of the polype, or of the star-fish, kind, it seems that the parts which are seen rising at its pleasure, and are called arms, are properly
- A woman (or, less commonly, a gay man) who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lies on the back while spreading the limbs.
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The anus.
Hands separated my ass cheeks while some pervert rimmed my puckered brown starfish.
Similar: chocolate starfish
verb starfishes · starfishing · starfished · star-fish
- To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish. "Oh you damn bastard, why won't you let anybody love you," and then, before I could stop her, she threw herself between us and the glowing suitcase, starfishing in the blaze of light as he blew up.
- While floating on water
- To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish. The sea roared up her nostrils, tunnelled into her ears, and flung her forward, then back, the current pulling her fingers apart, starfishing her hands.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: sea star, sea, seagoing, asterias, rubens, thorns, asteroidean, brittle star, echinasterid, archasterid, oreasterid, asterozoan, sun star, bat star, basket star, brachiopod
Translations
Every language
noun various echinoderms
| Español | estrella de mar, estrella marina |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 불가사리 bulgasari, 해성 haeseong |
| 日本語 | ヒトデ hitode, 海星 hitode |
| 中文 | 海星 hǎixīng |
| हिन्दी | तारा मछली tārā machlī |
| Português | estrela-do-mar |
| Français | étoile de mer |
| Deutsch | Seestern |
| Italiano | stella di mare, stella marina |
| Ελληνικά | αστερίας asterías |
| Română | stea de mare, stea-de-mare |
| Русский | морска́я звезда́ morskája zvezdá |
| Tiếng Việt | sao biển |
| العربية | نَجْمَةُ اَلْبَحْرِ najmatu l-baḥri |
| עברית | כּוֹכַב יָם kokháv yam |
Talk about this word "starfish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/starfish. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. starfish. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/starfish "starfish." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/starfish.Cite this
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title = {starfish},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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