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Webster 1913 Edition
Asterias
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As-te′ri-as
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] starred, fr.
ἀστήρ
star.] (Zool.)
A genus of echinoderms.
☞ Formerly the group of this name included nearly all starfishes and ophiurans. Now it is restricted to a genus including the commonest shore starfishes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Asterias
ASTE'RIAS
,Definition 2024
Asterias
Asterias
See also: asterias
Translingual
Asterias rubens
Proper noun
Asterias f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Echinodermata - phylum; Asterozoa - subphylum; Asteroidea - class; Forcipulatida - order; Asteriidae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Asterias rubens (common starfish) - type species; for other species see Asterias at World Register of Marine Species .