sea star
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sea star
First recorded in 1560–70
Example Sentences
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And there's a deep-sea hermit crab, living not inside a shell, but a sea star the team can't immediately identify.
From Barron's ● Jan. 26, 2026
A new study identifies the cause of sea star wasting disease, offering hope the animals can come back and perhaps even help West Coast kelp forests recover.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2025
RangerBot can track down and kill a certain kind of sea star that is damaging coral reefs.
From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 3, 2024
As a consequence of the heat, a strange wasting condition began spreading among the sunflower sea star population.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
Then she remembered Loo beside her, and turned to discover that he was methodically tugging on one arm of a red sea star.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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