sea star

noun

Origin of sea star

First recorded in 1560–70

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In a first, researchers have seen urchins attacking and eating predatory sea stars.
Urchin mobs can literally dis-arm a predator | Jake Buehler | June 29, 2021 | Science News For Students
Likewise, sea stars can regrow a whole body from just one arm.
A sea slug’s head can crawl around and grow a whole new body | Susan Milius | April 30, 2021 | Science News For Students
When the rats were the top predator, there were no birds left to eat the isopods, sea stars, snails, and other invertebrates that normally thrive near the rocky shores of the island, explains Kurle.
How scientists helped Alaska’s “Rat Island” shake off its namesake rodents | Ellie Shechet | March 10, 2021 | Popular-Science
In contrast, no sea star getting normal oxygen levels got sick.
Choked by bacteria, some starfish are turning to goo | Erin Garcia de Jesus | February 8, 2021 | Science News For Students
First, they thought the virus they found in sick sea stars in 2014 was to blame.
Choked by bacteria, some starfish are turning to goo | Erin Garcia de Jesus | February 8, 2021 | Science News For Students

The sea-star, cockles, and muscles, are the great enemies of the oyster.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Vol. 12, Issue 331, September 13, 1828 | Various
To them this particular Mary is the estrella del mar (sea star), and she is the principal object of their devotion.
The Cathedrals of Northern Spain | Charles Rudy
Specimens of the deep-sea star-fish with its five arms of equal length were abundant.
Under the Southern Cross | Maturin M. Ballou

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