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stylaster
noun
sty·las·ter
\stīˈlastə(r), -laas-\
Definition of stylaster
1 capitalized : a genus of delicate usually pink hydrocorals (order Stylasterina)
2 plural -s : any coral of the genus Stylaster or sometimes of the order Stylasterina
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Origin and Etymology of stylaster
New Latin, from 1styl- + -aster
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