sun star

American  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of sun star

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

One specimen, an Antarctic sun star or Solaster regularis, had a smaller, partially digested starfish of the species Anasterias antarcticus in its mouth.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023

The angular altitude of the sun, star or planet does the same.

From Lectures in Navigation by Draper, Ernest Gallaudet

"Cadet Manning," shouted Sykes, "do you remember our conversation last night on the subject of circular motion of captive planets around a sun star?"

From The Space Pioneers by Glanzman, Louis

Like a gleaming diamond on the black velvet of space, the sun star Wolf 359 loomed ahead of the giant fleet, solitary and alone in its magnificence.

From The Space Pioneers by Glanzman, Louis

In astronomy, it is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the true east or west points thereof, and the centre of the sun, star, or planet, at its rising or setting.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir