starfish
IPA: stˈɑrfɪʃ
noun
- Any of various asteroids or other echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
- (obsolete) Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.
- (slang) A woman (or, less commonly, a gay man) who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lies on the back while spreading the limbs.
- (vulgar, slang, usually in translations of Japanese pornography) The anus.
verb
- (intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
- (transitive) To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
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Examples of "starfish" in Sentences
- Also the starfish is named Frankenlolly and the Clam is named Glenda.
- That's possible because the starfish is a completely decentralized organism.
- I got a shock out of my life when I saw the starfish was as big as my pillow!!!
- We were told it was trying to escape because the starfish is a natural predator.
- Apparently, if your starfish is a little too brown for your liking, you can make it more skin-colored.
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