Etymology
Origin of starlike
Example Sentences
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The study begins to probe a bigger evolutionary question: How did the sea star and its equally-strange echinoderm siblings develop their unique starlike symmetry?
From Scientific American • Nov. 3, 2023
Hence the name “quasar,” an abbreviation that recognized their starlike properties, and stands for quasi-stellar radio source.
From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022
The researchers recorded Ćwiek saying the two words aloud, and asked participants to choose whether a pointy, starlike shape or a blobby, cloudlike shape best matched each recording.
From Science Magazine • Nov. 14, 2021
The term blazar comes partly from BL Lacertae, a starlike object that turned out to be the first of these objects ever recognized.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2018
The skin of his face turned yellowish, with brilliant starlike red speckles.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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