1syllable
starfish
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Definitions ofstarfish
1noun
- 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.
- Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.
- A woman who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lays on her back while spreading her limbs.
- (usually in translations of Japanese pornography) The anus.
Synonyms: "chocolate starfish"
1verb
- To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
- To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
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