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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.