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Solaster Zool.|səˈlæstə(r)|
[mod.L., f. sōl sun + aster, Gr. ἀστήρ star.]
A genus of starfishes, typical of those having more than five rays; a member of this genus, a sun-star.
1841E. Forbes Brit. Star-fishes 110 The Solasters are suns in the system of sea-stars. 1842Penny Cycl. XXIII. 17/1 Those which have the body radiated,..comprising the genera Solaster and Pentaster of De Blainville. 1860Wraxall Life in Sea ix. 224 The Solasters, or Sun-stars, have only two rows of suckers in each furrow. |