sea star

noun

Examples of sea star in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Electric blues, reds and purples of prickly urchins, sea stars and an anemones. 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. 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. 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. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sea star 

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Word History

First Known Use

1569, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sea star was in 1569

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“Sea star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20star. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.

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