sun star

noun

any starfish of the genus Solaster, inhabiting cold and temperate waters off both U.S. coasts.

Origin of sun star

First recorded in 1835–45

Words Nearby sun star

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How to use sun star in a sentence

For one project, he became part a team studying common sun stars in Sweden.
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Clements wants to run new tests to see what levels of hunger and crowding density might affect urchin appetites for sun stars.
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Each time, they placed a single sun star in the urchin tank.
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Whilst my attention was concentrated on our planet, the Sun-star became eclipsed before my eyes.
Lumen | Camille Flammarion
Another relative is the Sun-star, which has twelve or fifteen rays, and often grows to a very large size.
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Many spent endless hours at the long-range telescanners watching the sun star Wolf 359, seeing it come closer and closer.
The Space Pioneers | Carey Rockwell
He stared into the astrogation prism and sighted on the cold light of the sun star Wolf 359.
The Space Pioneers | Carey Rockwell
There is a central sun-star, around which many of the others revolve.
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British Dictionary definitions for sunstar

sunstar

/ (ˈsʌnˌstɑː) /

noun

any starfish of the genus Solaster, having up to 13 arms radiating from a central disc

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