| English Dictionary |
ASTEROIDEA
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does Asteroidea mean?
• ASTEROIDEA (noun)
The noun ASTEROIDEA has 1 sense:
1. sea stars
Familiarity information: ASTEROIDEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sea stars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Asteroidea; class Asteroidea
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)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Making a rod for your own back." (English proverb)
"The wolf has a thick neck because it has fast legs." (Albanian proverb)
"Need excavates the trick." (Arabic proverb)
"What comes easily is lost easily." (Egyptian proverb)
"The wolf has a thick neck because it has fast legs." (Albanian proverb)
"Need excavates the trick." (Arabic proverb)
"What comes easily is lost easily." (Egyptian proverb)