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Webster 1828 Edition


Sea-star

SE'A-ST'AR

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Noun.
[sea and star.] The starfish, a genus of marine animals, called technically Asterias.

Definition 2024


sea-star

sea-star

See also: seastar and sea star

English

Alternative forms

  • sea-starre

Noun

sea-star (plural sea-stars)

  1. (obsolete) A star used for navigation or guidance at sea.
    • 1658: By the same number doth nature divide the circle of the Sea-Starre — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 188)