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- [stahr-fish]
- /ˈstɑrˌfɪʃ/
- /ˈstɑː.fɪʃ/
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- [stahr-fish]
- /ˈstɑrˌfɪʃ/
Definitions of starfish word
- noun plural starfish any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, having the body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or arms radiating from a central disk; asteroid. 1
- noun starfish star-shaped sea creature 1
- countable noun starfish A starfish is a flat, star-shaped creature with five arms that lives in the sea. 0
- noun starfish any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, such as Asterias rubens, typically having a flattened body covered with a flexible test and five arms radiating from a central disc 0
- noun starfish any of a subclass (Asteroidea) of echinoderms with a hard, spiny skeleton and five or more arms or rays arranged like the points of a star; asteroid 0
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Origin of starfish
First appearance:
before 1530 One of the 29% oldest English words
First recorded in 1530-40; star + fish
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Starfish
noun
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adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
starfish popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
starfish usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with starfish
- how to draw a starfish?
- what do starfish eat?
- how do starfish reproduce?
- how to dry out a starfish?
- how to draw starfish?
- how do starfish eat?
- what is a starfish?
- what eats starfish?
- how to dry out starfish?
- where do starfish live?
- what does a starfish eat?
- how many legs does a starfish have?
- how long do starfish live?
- how to preserve a starfish?
- what type of symmetry do starfish have?
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