CLASS ASTEROIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does class Asteroidea mean? 

• CLASS ASTEROIDEA (noun)
  The noun CLASS ASTEROIDEA has 1 sense:

1. sea stars

  Familiarity information: CLASS ASTEROIDEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASS ASTEROIDEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sea stars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Asteroidea; class Asteroidea

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

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

Meronyms (members of "class Asteroidea"):

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

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

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