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Asterinidae

plural noun
As·ter·in·i·dae | \-ˈrinəˌdē\

Definition of Asterinidae 

: a widely distributed family of usually pentagonal quite flat starfishes

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History and Etymology for Asterinidae

New Latin, from Asterina, type genus (from Greek aster-, astēr star, starfish + New Latin -ina) + -idae

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