Definitions for starfish

starfish star·fish

Spelling: [stahr-fish]
IPA: /ˈstɑrˌfɪʃ/

Starfish is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 269 anagrams from letters in starfish (afhirsst).

Definitions for starfish

noun

  1. any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea, having the body radially arranged, usually in the form of a star, with five or more rays or arms radiating from a central disk; asteroid.

Origin of starfish

First recorded in 1530-40; star + fish

Examples for starfish

But there are other kinds of starfish here that are pretty and delicate.

This inlet, starfish Cove as the boys call it, is on the property.

How does the external surface of the sea-urchin differ from that of the starfish?

This stage reached, the end of the first chapter in the life of the starfish is closed.

"And hear the starfish calling to his mate," I extemporised.

The mouth of the starfish is in the center of the ventral side.

As many as 1,500 starfish have been taken from a single “mop.”

By means of these the starfish can cling tightly to the surface of a stone.

Within this body, as in the starfish, a new body is gradually formed.

They were green and blue and red, and they had spiny rays like starfish on which they danced.

Word Value for starfish
Scrable

14

Words with friends

13

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