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starfishes

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2 syllables
10 characters
English (US)
2syllables

starfishes

Hyphenation via the Knuth-Liang algorithm — result not verified against authoritative sources.

starfishes is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, starfishes is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofstarfishes

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"

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