tengeriuborka

tengeriuborkák (plural)
tengeriuborka (nominative singular)
tengeriuborkák (nominative plural)
tengeriuborkát (accusative singular)
tengeriuborkákat (accusative plural)
tengeriuborkának (dative singular)
tengeriuborkáknak (dative plural)
tengeriuborkával (instrumental singular)
tengeriuborkákkal (instrumental plural)
tengeriuborkáért (causal-final singular)
tengeriuborkákért (causal-final plural)
tengeriuborkává (singular translative)
tengeriuborkákká (plural translative)
tengeriuborkáig (singular terminative)
tengeriuborkákig (plural terminative)
tengeriuborkaként (essive-formal singular)
tengeriuborkákként (essive-formal plural)
tengeriuborkában (inessive singular)
tengeriuborkákban (inessive plural)
tengeriuborkán (singular superessive)
tengeriuborkákon (plural superessive)
tengeriuborkánál (adessive singular)
tengeriuborkáknál (adessive plural)
tengeriuborkába (illative singular)
tengeriuborkákba (illative plural)
tengeriuborkára (singular sublative)
tengeriuborkákra (plural sublative)
tengeriuborkához (allative singular)
tengeriuborkákhoz (allative plural)
tengeriuborkából (elative singular)
tengeriuborkákból (elative plural)
tengeriuborkáról (delative singular)
tengeriuborkákról (delative plural)
tengeriuborkától (ablative singular)
tengeriuborkáktól (ablative plural)
tengeriuborkáé (singular)
tengeriuborkáké (plural)
tengeriuborkáéi (singular)
tengeriuborkákéi (plural)
tengeriuborkám (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
tengeriuborkáim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
tengeriuborkád (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
tengeriuborkáid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
tengeriuborkája (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
tengeriuborkái (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
tengeriuborkánk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
tengeriuborkáink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
tengeriuborkátok (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
tengeriuborkáitok (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
tengeriuborkájuk (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
tengeriuborkáik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

sea cucumber (an echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, with an elongated body and leathery skin)


mexacán

From mexar (“to piss”) + cama (“bed”), because of its supposed diuretic properties. Compare English pissabed.


βρύσσος

grc-noun

βρῠ́σσος • (brŭ́ssos) m (genitive βρῠ́σσου); second declension

βρῠ́σσος (canonical)
brŭ́ssos (romanization)
βρῠ́σσου (genitive)
ὁ βρῠ́σσος (nominative singular)
βρῠ́σσω (dual nominative)
οἱ βρῠ́σσοι (nominative plural)
τοῦ βρῠ́σσου (genitive singular)
βρῠ́σσοιν (dual genitive)
βρῠ́σσων (genitive plural)
τῷ βρῠ́σσῳ (dative singular)
βρῠ́σσοιν (dative dual)
τοῖς βρῠ́σσοις (dative plural)
τὸν βρῠ́σσον (accusative singular)
βρῠ́σσω (accusative dual)
τοὺς βρῠ́σσους (accusative plural)
βρῠ́σσε (singular vocative)
βρῠ́σσω (dual vocative)
βρῠ́σσοι (plural vocative)
ἄμβρυττος (alternative)
βρύττος (alternative Attic)

The variants, together with the prenasalization, prove that this is a Pre-Greek word.


dap-ag

the crown of thorns (Acanthaster planci)


btuch

From Pre-Palauan *biðuqəl, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bituqən, from Proto-Austronesian *bituqən. Cognate with Malay bintang, Tagalog bituin, Maori whetū, Hawaiian hōkū.


azoj canoj

sei-noun

azoj canoj (article quij, plural azlc canl)

quij (article)
azlc canl (plural)
iizoj canoj (alternative)

From azoj (“star”) + canoj (“to burn”), literally “burning star”.


îasytatá

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *jat͡sɨtata. By surface analysis, îasy (“moon”) + atá (“fire”).
Cognate with Guaraní jasytata.


ophioleucin

Any brittle star of the subfamily Ophioleucinae


ophionereidid

Clipping of translingual Ophionereididae

clipping

translingual <i class="Latn mention" lang="mul">Ophionereididae</i>

Any brittle star of the family Ophionereididae


ophiuroidean

Any brittle star of the class Ophiuroidea


tapak sulaiman

ms-noun

tapak sulaiman (plural tapak-tapak sulaiman)

tapak (“sole”) + Sulaiman (“Solomon”), referring to the Seal of Solomon.

a tropical flowering plant, Elephantopus scaber, known for its large, low-growing leaves that form a rosette-liked shape


gnathophiurine

Any brittle star of the suborder Gnathophiurina


snakestar

A predatory starfish Astrotoma agassizii


snake tail

Ophiopsammus maculata - a reddish-brown starfish with five smooth, rounded, jointed arms, each tapered towards the tip growing up to 300 mm across. Commonly found amongst seaweed from low-tide to about 20 m depth throughout New Zealand.


straszyk

straszyk (nominative singular)
straszyki (nominative plural)
straszyka (genitive singular)
straszyków (genitive plural)
straszykowi (dative singular)
straszykom (dative plural)
straszyka (accusative singular)
straszyki (accusative plural)
straszykiem (instrumental singular)
straszykami (instrumental plural)
straszyku (locative singular)
straszykach (locative plural)
straszyku (singular vocative)
straszyki (plural vocative)

phasmatodean, phasmid (insect of the order Phasmatodea)


szkarłupień

szkarłupień (nominative singular)
szkarłupnie (nominative plural)
szkarłupnia (genitive singular)
szkarłupni (genitive plural)
szkarłupniowi (dative singular)
szkarłupniom (dative plural)
szkarłupnia (accusative singular)
szkarłupnie (accusative plural)
szkarłupniem (instrumental singular)
szkarłupniami (instrumental plural)
szkarłupniu (locative singular)
szkarłupniach (locative plural)
szkarłupniu (singular vocative)
szkarłupnie (plural vocative)

echinoderm (member of the Echinodermata)


σπατάγγης

grc-noun

σπᾰτᾰ́γγης • (spătắngēs) m (genitive σπᾰτᾰ́γγου); first declension

σπᾰτᾰ́γγης (canonical)
spătắngēs (romanization)
σπᾰτᾰ́γγου (genitive)
ὁ σπᾰτᾰ́γγης (nominative singular)
σπᾰτᾰ́γγᾱ (dual nominative)
οἱ σπᾰτᾰ́γγαι (nominative plural)
τοῦ σπᾰτᾰ́γγου (genitive singular)
σπᾰτᾰ́γγαιν (dual genitive)
σπᾰτᾰγγῶν (genitive plural)
τῷ σπᾰτᾰ́γγῃ (dative singular)
σπᾰτᾰ́γγαιν (dative dual)
τοῖς σπᾰτᾰ́γγαις (dative plural)
τὸν σπᾰτᾰ́γγην (accusative singular)
σπᾰτᾰ́γγᾱ (accusative dual)
τοὺς σπᾰτᾰ́γγᾱς (accusative plural)
σπᾰτᾰ́γγη (singular vocative)
σπᾰτᾰ́γγᾱ (dual vocative)
σπᾰτᾰ́γγαι (plural vocative)
πᾰ́τᾰγγας (alternative)

→ Translingual: Spatangus

Hardly related to σπάω (spáō, “to suck”). The variation shows that the word is Pre-Greek. For the formation, compare also φαττάγης (phattágēs, “pangolin”).


甲蠃

9-10th centuries, Saibara (催馬楽): Waie (我家):

御肴に何よけむ鮑栄螺か甲蠃よけむ

Mi-sakana ni nani yokemu awabi sadao ka kase yokemu

What would be good for the side dish? Would abalone, turban shell or sea urchin be good?


雁甲蠃

雁(がん) (gan, “wild goose”) + 甲蠃(がぜ) (gaze, “sea urchin”, dialectal).

ja-compound

long-spined sea urchin (Diadema setosum)


eqqusaq

eqqusat (plural)
eqqusaq (absolutive singular)
eqqusat (absolutive plural)
eqqusap (ergative singular)
eqqusat (ergative plural)
eqqusamut (allative singular)
eqqusanut (allative plural)
eqqusamit (ablative singular)
eqqusanit (ablative plural)
eqqusakkut (prolative singular)
eqqusatigut (plural prolative)
eqqusami (locative singular)
eqqusani (locative plural)
eqqusamik (instrumental singular)
eqqusanik (instrumental plural)
eqqusatut (equative)

Cognate with Inuinnaqtun itqujaq (“sea urchin”).


手蔓藻蔓

手蔓藻蔓 (canonical)
tezurumozuru (romanization)

[te̞zɨɾɯ̟mo̞zɨɾɯ̟]


inalugalik

inalugallit (plural)
inalugalik (absolutive singular)
inalugallit (absolutive plural)
inalugallup (ergative singular)
inalugallit (ergative plural)
inalugalimmut (allative singular)
inalugalinnut (allative plural)
inalugalimmit (ablative singular)
inalugalinnit (ablative plural)
inalugalikkut (prolative singular)
inalugalitsigut (plural prolative)
inalugalimmi (locative singular)
inalugalinni (locative plural)
inalugalimmik (instrumental singular)
inalugalinnik (instrumental plural)
inalugalittut (equative)

From inalugaq (“small intestine”) + -lik (“having”).


landak laut

Compound of landak (“porcupine; (by extension) hedgehog”) + laut (“sea”). Literally, “sea hedgehog/porcupine”.

com+

Aristotle's lantern
Aristotle's lantern#English

sea urchin (any of many marine echinoderms, of the class Echinoidea, commonly found in shallow water, having a complex chewing structure named Aristotle's lantern)


landak laut

ms-noun

landak laut (Jawi spelling لندق لاءوت, plural landak-landak laut)

لندق لاءوت (Jawi)
landak-landak laut (plural)

Compound of landak (“hedgehog; porcupine”) + laut (“sea”). Literally, “sea hedgehog/porcupine”.


ⲫⲩⲛⲟⲥ

Derived from ⲡ (p, masculine definite article) + ϩⲩⲛⲟⲥ (hunos, noun) which in turn is from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos).


payapaya

the flower urchin (Toxopneustes pileolus)


eĥino

eo-head

eĥino (accusative singular eĥinon, plural eĥinoj, accusative plural eĥinojn)

eĥinon (accusative singular)
eĥinoj (plural)
eĥinojn (accusative plural)
ekino (alternative)

From Latin echīnus, from Ancient Greek ἐχῖνος (ekhînos).


해성

[ˈhɛ(ː)sʰʌ̹ŋ]

[ˈhe̞(ː)sʰʌ̹ŋ]


tangaroa wae whitu

Astrostole scabra
Astrostole scabra#Translingual

Astrostole scabra - a large starfish with only seven arms.


søpindsvin

head

søpindsvin n (singular definite søpindsvinet, plural indefinite søpindsvin)

søpindsvinet (definite singular)
søpindsvin (indefinite plural)
søpindsvin (indefinite nominative singular)
søpindsvinet (definite nominative singular)
søpindsvin (indefinite nominative plural)
søpindsvinene (definite nominative plural)
søpindsvins (genitive indefinite singular)
søpindsvinets (definite genitive singular)
søpindsvins (genitive indefinite plural)
søpindsvinenes (definite genitive plural)


korona cierniowa

korona cierniowa (nominative singular)
korony cierniowe (nominative plural)
korony cierniowej (genitive singular)
koron cierniowych (genitive plural)
koronie cierniowej (dative singular)
koronom cierniowym (dative plural)
koronę cierniową (accusative singular)
korony cierniowe (accusative plural)
koroną cierniową (instrumental singular)
koronami cierniowymi (instrumental plural)
koronie cierniowej (locative singular)
koronach cierniowych (locative plural)
korono cierniowa (singular vocative)
korony cierniowe (plural vocative)

Literally, “crown of thorns”. Calque of Latin spinea corona, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ἀκάνθινος στέφανος (akánthinos stéphanos).

der

ἀκάνθινος στέφανος

(Christianity) crown of thorns (crown made of a thorny plant that Christ was forced to wear)


corona de espinas

es-noun

corona de espinas f (plural coronas de espinas)


ឈ្លើងសមុទ្រ

km-noun

ឈ្លើងសមុទ្រ • (chləəng saʼmot)

ឈ្លើង (chləəng, “leech”) + សមុទ្រ (saʼmot, “sea”)


Aquilonastra

Latin aquilō m (“north”) + Latin astra f (“star”).

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Asterinidae – certain starfish.


海羊歯

海羊歯 (canonical)
海羊歯 (canonical)
umishida (romanization)

From 海(うみ) (umi, “sea”) + 羊歯(しだ) (shida, “fern”)

ja-compound

feather star (an echinoderm of the order Comatulida)


bintang laut

id-noun

bintang laut (plural bintang-bintang laut)


കടൽച്ചേന

head

കടൽച്ചേന • (kaṭalccēna)

kaṭalccēna (romanization)
കടൽച്ചേന (nominative singular)
കടൽച്ചേനകൾ (nominative plural)
കടൽച്ചേനേ (singular vocative)
കടൽച്ചേനകളേ (plural vocative)
കടൽച്ചേനയെ (accusative singular)
കടൽച്ചേനകളെ (accusative plural)
കടൽച്ചേനയ്ക്ക് (dative singular)
കടൽച്ചേനകൾക്ക് (dative plural)
കടൽച്ചേനയുടെ (genitive singular)
കടൽച്ചേനകളുടെ (genitive plural)
കടൽച്ചേനയിൽ (locative singular)
കടൽച്ചേനകളിൽ (locative plural)
കടൽച്ചേനയോട് (singular)
കടൽച്ചേനകളോട് (plural)
കടൽച്ചേനയാൽ (instrumental singular)
കടൽച്ചേനകളാൽ (instrumental plural)

/kɐɖɐlt͡ʃːeːnɐ/

കടൽ (kaṭal, “sea”) + ചേന (cēna, “elephant foot yam”)


devil's fingers

en-noun

devil's fingers pl (normally plural, singular devil's finger)

I removed the underside of the crab called its apron. I opened it up and removed the gills or “devil’s fingers.” And I removed its eyes and mouth.

1992 June 21, Rob Kasper, “To cut, or not to cut, the mustard”, in The Sun, Baltimore, Maryland, page 1G:

Next, remove the apron from the underside of the crab. Finally, Curtis says, you’ll need to lift up each side of the shell and remove the gills or the “devil’s fingers.”

2001 June 6, Patricia Talorico, “Just forget that it’s a whole crab; take a bite and enjoy that flavor”, in The News Journal, Wilmington, Delaware, page D1:

Once the shell is off, the crab’s gills or lungs, variously called “devil’s fingers” or “dead men” are exposed. These are gray-white, feathery-looking parts that are inedible and must be scraped off and thrown away.

2007 August 3, John Geiser, “Take rusties over jimmies when hunting for good-eatin’ crabs”, in Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park, New Jersey:

(informal, US) The gills of various species of crabs.


îasytatagûasu

From îasytatá (“star”) + -gûasu (“big”).


Luidia

→ Russian: луи́дия (luídija)

A taxonomic genus within the family Luidiidae – certain starfishes.


kurus-kurus

tl-noun

kurús-kurús (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔)

kurús-kurús (canonical)
ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜇᜓᜐ᜔ (Baybayin)
krus-krus (alternative)

Reduplication of kurus, literally, “cross-cross”, or more loosely translated as “crossed; cross-like; made of crosses”.


거미불가사리

거미 (geomi, “spider”) + 불가사리 (bulgasari, “starfish”).

com

A brittle star, especially the species Ophioplocus japonicus.


sêr môr

cy-noun

sêr môr f (collective, singulative seren fôr, not mutable)


môr-ddraenog

môr-ddraenog m (plural môr-ddraenogod or môr-ddraenogion)

môr-ddraenogod (plural)
môr-ddraenogion (plural)
môr-ddraenog
fôr-ddraenog (soft)

môr (“sea”) + draenog (“hedgehog”), a calque of English sea urchin, English urchin having the obsolete sense “hedgehog”.


mentule

From Latin mentula (vulgar term for the penis).

der

Tirant sa mentule en l’air, les compissa sy aigrement qu’il en noya deux cens soixante mille quatre cens dix et huyt- sans les femmes et les petitz enfans […].

1534, Rabelais, chapter 17, in Gargantua:

Mentule. — Mot purement latin (mentula) signifiant le membre viril.

1861, Auguste Scheler, Glossaire érotique de la langue française depuis son origine jusqu’à nos jours, contenant l’explication de tous les mots consacrés à l’amour, page 242:

Mentule. — Purely Latin word (mentula) signifying the male organ.


đồn đột

[ʔɗon˨˩ ʔɗot̚˧˨ʔ]

[ʔɗoŋ˦˩ ʔɗok̚˨˩ʔ]

[ʔɗoŋ˨˩ ʔɗok̚˨˩˨]

(Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) sea cucumber


paya-paya

Deprecated, pre-2014 spelling of payapaya.


dagom-dagom

Deprecated, pre-2014 spelling of dagomdagom.


parang-parang

Deprecated, pre-2014 spelling of parangparang.


ubanuban

From older uban-uban, from a Reduplication of uban.

the West Indian sea egg (Tripneustes ventricosus)


kunkon

the globular sea urchin (Mespilia globulus)


parangparang

the double-spined urchin (Echinothrix calamaris)


uban-uban

Deprecated, pre-2014 spelling of ubanuban.


Mithrodia

A taxonomic genus within the family Mithrodiidae – certain sea stars.


Sterechinus

From stereo- (“solid”) + Latin echīnus m (“sea urchin”). Coined by French zoologist Jean Baptiste François René Koehler in 1901.

coinage

A taxonomic genus within the family Echinidae – certain sea urchins, all living species of which live in the Antarctic Ocean.


Dendrochirotida

→ English: dendrochirotid (learned)

dendro- (“tree, branch”) + chiro- (“hand”) + -ida, literally “hand-tree, tree of hands”, ultimately from Ancient Greek δένδρον n (déndron, “tree, branch”) + Ancient Greek χείρ f (kheír, “hand”) + Latin -ida. Coined by German zoologist and arachnologist Adolph Eduard Grube in 1840.

coinage

A taxonomic order within the subclass Actinopoda – dendrochirotids; certain sea cucumbers.


Amphipholis

A taxonomic genus within the family Amphiuridae – certain brittle stars.


Myophiuroidea

A taxonomic subclass within the class Ophiuroidea – certain brittle stars.

Euryophiurida

(subclass): Metophiurida – sole infraorder


Coronaster

desc

→ Tamil: கரோனாஇசுடர் (karōṉā’icuṭar) (transliteration)

Latin corōna f (“wreath, crown”) + Latin astēr m (“star”)

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Asteriidae – certain species of starfish.


isdang-bituin

tl-noun

isdáng-bituín (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔)

isdáng-bituín (canonical)
ᜁᜐ᜔ᜇᜅ᜔ᜊᜒᜆᜓᜁᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)
isdambituin (alternative)

[ʔɪsˌd̪am bɪ.t̪ʊˈʔɪn̪]

From isda (“fish”) + -ng- + bituin (“star”). Calque of English starfish.


larni

Acanthaster planci
Wikispecies:Acanthaster planci

crown of thorns (the starfish Acanthaster planci)


Ophiacanthidae

→ English: ophiacanthid

A taxonomic family within the order Ophiacanthina – some brittle stars, ophiacanthids.


Ophiophyllum

ophio- (“snake”) + -phyllum (“leaf”), literally “snakeleaf”

affix

A taxonomic genus within the family Ophiopyrgidae – certain echinoderms.


bulu babi

Compound of bulu (“fur”) + babi (“pig”).


asteronychid

(zoology) Any brittle star in the family Coeloplanidae.


Echinocardium

→ Italian: echinocardio

echino- (“spiky, sea urchin”) + Ancient Greek κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ f (kărdĭ́ā, “heart”) + -ium n

A taxonomic genus within the family Loveniidae – various sea urchins.


Ophiomyxa

ophio- (“snake”) + Ancient Greek μῠ́ξᾰ f (mŭ́xă)

A taxonomic genus within the family Ophiomyxidae – certain brittle stars.


Parvulastra

Latin parvulus (“smaller”, comparative adjective) + Latin astrum (“star”) + -a f.

A taxonomic genus within the family Asterinidae – certain starfish.


間海參

цзяньхайшэнь

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən⁵⁵/

Partial calque of translingual Mesothuria. "間" is a translation of translingual meso- (“middle”).


星砂

Compound of 星 (hoshi, “star”) + 砂 (suna, “sand”), literally “star sand”. The suna changes to zuna as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

com+

sand made up of little star-shaped shells (Baculogypsina sphaerulata)


asteroyd

tl-noun

ásteróyd (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔)

ásteróyd (canonical)
ᜀᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜇᜓᜌ᜔ᜇ᜔ (Baybayin)

[ˌʔas.t̪ɛˈɾoɪ̯d̪]

Borrowed from English asteroid. Doublet of asteroyde.


蔓蛇尾

/män⁵¹ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wän⁵¹ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/män⁵¹ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/wän⁵¹ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/


Conulus

A taxonomic genus within the family Conulidae.


沼蛇尾

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

/ʈ͡ʂɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵ weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Possibly a partial calque of translingual Amphilimna, calquing Ancient Greek λῐ́μνη (lĭ́mnē, “pond”) into Chinese 沼 (zhǎo).


연잎성게

From 연잎 (yeonip, “lotus leaf”) + 성게 (seongge, “sea urchin”).

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방패연잎성게

Japanese sea-biscuit, Clypeaster japonicus


방패연잎성게

[pa̠ŋpʰɛjʌ̹nnips͈ʌ̹ŋɡe̞]

From 방패(防牌) (bangpae, “shield”) + 연잎성게 (yeonipseongge, “sand dollar”).

Japanese sea biscuit (Clypeaster japonicus)


糸巻海星

ja-noun

糸(いと)巻(まき)海星(ひとで) or 糸巻海星(イトマキヒトデ) • (itomaki hitode)

糸巻海星 (canonical)
糸巻海星 (canonical)
itomaki hitode (romanization)

Compound of 糸巻(いとまき) (itomaki) + 海星(ひとで) (hitode). First cited to a work from 1847.


asterias

[…] which exhibits the under surface of an asterias; a shows the nervous circle around the mouth; b the smaller; c the central larger nervous branches to the rays of the body.

1828, The Westminster Review, volume 9, page 179:


synallactid

(zoology) Any echinoderm in the family Synallactidae.


Astrotoma

From astro- (“star”, from Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron)) + Ancient Greek τομή f (tomḗ, “intersection”), with a change in gender due to confusion with the Ancient Greek third declension, whereas τομή (tomḗ) is in the first declension.

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from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ἄστρον</i> (ástron)

A taxonomic genus within the family Gorgonocephalidae – certain brittle stars.


Labidiaster

From Latin lābidus (“slippery”) + Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στήρ (ăstḗr, “star”).

A taxonomic genus within the family Heliasteridae – certain starfish.


Kanakaster

From English Kanak (“Kanak ethnic group”) + -aster (“star”, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓στήρ (ăstḗr)).

from Ancient Greek <i class="Polyt mention" lang="grc">ᾰ̓στήρ</i> (ăstḗr)

A taxonomic genus within the family Goniasteridae – certain starfishes.


樁海星

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/

/ʈ͡ʂu̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/


Encrinus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐνκρινώς (enkrinṓs).

A taxonomic genus within the family †Encrinidae – certain extinct crinoids of the Late Silurian-Late Triassic.


εχινόζωα

echinózoa (romanization)
εχινόζωα (nominative plural)
εχινόζωων (genitive plural)
εχινόζωα (accusative plural)
εχινόζωα (plural vocative)

(zoology, taxonomy) The Echinozoa, the echinozoans, certain echinoderms.


crown-of-thorns starfish

en-noun

crown-of-thorns starfish (plural crown-of-thorns starfishes or crown-of-thorns starfish)

crown-of-thorns starfishes (plural)
crown-of-thorns starfish (plural)

From the spines on the top of this starfish that resemble the biblical crown of thorns.

A large (25-35 cm full grown) starfish with venomous thornlike spines that cover its upper surface, Acanthaster planci.