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Examples of sea star in a Sentence
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Electric blues, reds and purples of prickly urchins, sea stars and an anemones.
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Outside Online, 26 June 2024
Sitting in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, samples of sea stars that once littered the ocean floor remain untouched for decades, becoming brittle and hard.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
Some labeled, others left unidentified, the sea stars represent a mountain of information and knowledge waiting to be learned.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
Mah also discovered another new species of sea star, Bathyceramaster kelliottae, and identified several more sea stars that might be new species.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1569, in the meaning defined above
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“Sea star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20star. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
sea star
noun
: starfish
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