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ASTEROIDEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Sea stars

Synonyms:

Asteroidea; class Asteroidea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Asteroidea" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "Asteroidea"):

sea star; starfish (echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk)

Holonyms ("Asteroidea" is a member of...):

Echinodermata; phylum Echinodermata (radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers)

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