Asteroidea

[ as-tuh-roi-dee-uh ]

noun
  1. the class comprising the starfishes.

Origin of Asteroidea

1
<New Latin, equivalent to Aster(ias) a starfish genus (<Greek asterías starry, derivative of astḗrstar) + -oidea-oidea

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