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Examples of sea star in a Sentence
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Ten years ago, the sunflower sea star population collapsed.
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Jennifer Adler, Vox, 7 July 2024
Beyond just sea stars, the findings may help scientists understand how new animal shapes and structures evolve in other branches of the tree of life, Oliveri says.
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Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 3 Nov. 2023
Electric blues, reds and purples of prickly urchins, sea stars and an anemones.
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Outside Online, 26 June 2024
Sitting in the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, samples of sea stars that once littered the ocean floor remain untouched for decades, becoming brittle and hard.
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Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1569, in the meaning defined above
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“Sea star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sea%20star. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
sea star
noun
: starfish
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