sea-starn.

†1. A star which guides mariners at sea. Obsolete.Chiefly representing medieval Latin stella maris, a title given to the Virgin Mary, from the erroneous belief that it expressed the etymological meaning of the Hebrew name Miriam, Mary.

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the world > the universe > star > kind of star > stars that show the way > [noun] > navigation aid

sea-starc1050

longitude star1814

Greenwich star1821

lunar star1840

moon-culminator1846

nautical star1867

c1050 Pseudo-Matth. (Assmann) 8 Nu is hyre nama gereht..sæsteorra.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2132 Forr hire name tacneþþ uss Sæ steorrne onn ennglissh spæche. & ȝho beoþ æfre. & wass. & iss Sæ steorrne inn haliȝ bisne.

c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 141, 161.

1808 Vesper Bk. 112/2 Sea-star by which we sail, And gate of heav'nly rest!

1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh (near end) With nought but the sea-star to light up her tomb.

2. A starfish. [Greek ἀστήρ, Latin stella (marina).]

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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > member of (starfish)

starfish1538

sea-pad1558

sea-star1569

star1569

pad1613

finger fish1709

sea-sun1731

stelleridan1835

stelliridean1837

asteroid1841

sand-star1841

spoon-worm1841

sun star1841

sun starfish1850

Stellerid1882

stelleroid1900

1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 50^v A kind of fishe called Stella, or Sea starre, bycause it hath the figure of a painted starre.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D^v The fishes called Sea-starres, that burne one another by excessiue heate.

1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus v, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 197 Why amongst Sea-starres nature chiefly delighteth in five points?

1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. xii. 323 Sea-suns and sea-stars, are small round shell-fish, and receive their denominations from the great variety of prickles, which shoot from them like rays of light.

1856 R. Knox tr. Edwards Man. Zool. §382 The sea stars, the holothuria.., and the sea-urchins, are types of this class [Echinodermata].

1891 F. Thompson Sister-songs (1895) 16 And her feet Were most sweet, Tinged like sea-stars, rosied brown.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	sea-star
释义	sea-starn. †1. A star which guides mariners at sea. Obsolete.Chiefly representing medieval Latin stella maris, a title given to the Virgin Mary, from the erroneous belief that it expressed the etymological meaning of the Hebrew name Miriam, Mary. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > star > kind of star > stars that show the way > [noun] > navigation aid sea-starc1050 longitude star1814 Greenwich star1821 lunar star1840 moon-culminator1846 nautical star1867 c1050 Pseudo-Matth. (Assmann) 8 Nu is hyre nama gereht..sæsteorra. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 2132 Forr hire name tacneþþ uss Sæ steorrne onn ennglissh spæche. & ȝho beoþ æfre. & wass. & iss Sæ steorrne inn haliȝ bisne. c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 141, 161. 1808 Vesper Bk. 112/2 Sea-star by which we sail, And gate of heav'nly rest! 1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh (near end) With nought but the sea-star to light up her tomb. 2. A starfish. [Greek ἀστήρ, Latin stella (marina).] ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > member of (starfish) starfish1538 sea-pad1558 sea-star1569 star1569 pad1613 finger fish1709 sea-sun1731 stelleridan1835 stelliridean1837 asteroid1841 sand-star1841 spoon-worm1841 sun star1841 sun starfish1850 Stellerid1882 stelleroid1900 1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 50^v A kind of fishe called Stella, or Sea starre, bycause it hath the figure of a painted starre. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. D^v The fishes called Sea-starres, that burne one another by excessiue heate. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus v, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 197 Why amongst Sea-starres nature chiefly delighteth in five points? 1790 Coll. Voy. round World I. xii. 323 Sea-suns and sea-stars, are small round shell-fish, and receive their denominations from the great variety of prickles, which shoot from them like rays of light. 1856 R. Knox tr. Edwards Man. Zool. §382 The sea stars, the holothuria.., and the sea-urchins, are types of this class [Echinodermata]. 1891 F. Thompson Sister-songs (1895) 16 And her feet Were most sweet, Tinged like sea-stars, rosied brown. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.c1050
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