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sea star

noun

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Nearby, a father pointed out a bright orange sea star to a fascinated youngster, and the waving tentacles of a sea anemone swayed with gentle currents of water moving through the tide pool. Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2025 The base of the cape will offer views of sea stars, anemones, barnacles, and more. Molly Allen, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2025 When sea star wasting disease appeared in 2013, Hewson’s lab took the lead on finding the microbe behind the epidemic. JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025 From sea star wasting disease, more than 90% of the sunflower sea stars died along the entirety of North America’s west coast, from Baja to Alaska. Rebecca Vega Thurber, The Conversation, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sea star

Word History

First Known Use

1569, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 27 Nov. 2025.

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