Associations to the word «Starfish»

Pictures for the word «Starfish»

Wiktionary

STARFISH, noun. Any of various asteroids or other echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
STARFISH, noun. (vulgar) (slang) (usually in translations of Japanese pornography) an anus. See also chocolate starfish.
STARFISH, noun. (obsolete) Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.
STARFISH, verb. (intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
STARFISH, verb. (transitive) To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
STARFISH SITE, noun. (UK) (historical) (World War II) Any of the decoy cities built in the British countryside, and set on fire during nearby bombing raids to divert German bombers away from their intended target.

Dictionary definition

STARFISH, noun. Echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk.

Wise words

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