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starfish

  • noun
  • /ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/

Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.

Other meanings

  1. Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.

  2. A woman (or, less commonly, a gay man) who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lies on the back while spreading the limbs.

Synonyms

  • sea star

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “starfish” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.