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
On California’s North Coast, where other urchin nemeses — like otters, spiny lobsters and sheephead — are lacking, 96% of the region’s kelp forests vanished in the decade following the sea star collapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025
RangerBot can track down and kill a certain kind of sea star that is damaging coral reefs.
From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 3, 2024
Since 2019, the Birch Aquarium has been part of a wide network of aquariums and research centers focusing on sunflower sea star conservation, starting with efforts to breed healthy, genetically diverse sea stars in captivity.
From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024
But the boy simply blinked, then looked back down at the sea star and tugged again, harder.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
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