stylaster

noun

sty·​las·​ter

stīˈlastə(r),

-laas-

1

capitalized : a genus of delicate usually pink hydrocorals (order Stylasterina)

2

plural -s : any coral of the genus Stylaster or sometimes of the order Stylasterina

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from styl- entry 1 + -aster

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