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单词 starfish
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Definition of starfish in English:

starfish

nounPlural starfishes ˈstɑːfɪʃˈstɑrˌfɪʃ
  • A marine echinoderm (invertebrate) with five or more radiating arms. The undersides of the arms bear tube feet for locomotion and, in predatory species, for opening the shells of molluscs.

    Class Asteroidea

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Growth on the hull of the wreck consists largely of small shells with grazing sea urchins and starfish.
    • Scattered on the cloth are pinecones and seashells, a sand dollar, a starfish, a sea urchin.
    • Sea urchins and starfish are the last and most obvious group of marine creatures lurking to catch unwary and clumsy humans.
    • Thus far there are no serious signs of predation by crabs or starfish.
    • Echinoderms include the sea urchins and starfish.

Rhymes

garfish
 
 

Definition of starfish in US English:

starfish

nounˈstärˌfiSHˈstɑrˌfɪʃ
  • A marine echinoderm with five or more radiating arms. The undersides of the arms bear tube feet for locomotion and, in predatory species, for opening the shells of mollusks.

    Class Asteroidea

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Sea urchins and starfish are the last and most obvious group of marine creatures lurking to catch unwary and clumsy humans.
    • Growth on the hull of the wreck consists largely of small shells with grazing sea urchins and starfish.
    • Echinoderms include the sea urchins and starfish.
    • Scattered on the cloth are pinecones and seashells, a sand dollar, a starfish, a sea urchin.
    • Thus far there are no serious signs of predation by crabs or starfish.
 
 
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