starfish
noun
star·fish
ˈstär-ˌfish 
: any of a class (Asteroidea) of echinoderms that have a body of usually five arms radially arranged about a central disk and feed largely on mollusks (such as oysters)
called also sea star
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After three years without starfish, the 15 species originally present in the pools declined to eight.
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Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
Humans can’t be removed from the system like starfish to quantify our impact.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
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Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
Humans can’t be removed from the system like starfish to quantify our impact.
—Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2024
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starfish
noun
star·fish
ˈstär-ˌfish
: any of a class of echinoderms that have five arms arranged evenly around a central disk and feed largely on mollusks (as oysters)
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