"starfish" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-starfish.ogg [US] Forms: starfishes [plural], starfish [plural]
Etymology: star + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|star|fish}} star + fish, {{clear}} Head templates: {{en-noun|+|starfish}} starfish (plural starfishes or starfish)
  1. Any of various asteroids or other echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach. Categories (lifeform): Echinoderms Synonyms (various echinoderms): sea star, asteroid Translations (various echinoderms): نَجْمَةُ اَلْبَحْرِ (najmatu l-baḥri) [feminine] (Arabic), نجمة البحر (najmat il-baḥar) [Gulf-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), ծովաստղ (covastġ) (Armenian), তৰামাছ (toramas) (Assamese), estrella de mar [feminine] (Asturian), dəniz ulduzu (Azerbaijani), itsas izar (Basque), марска́я зо́рка (marskája zórka) [feminine] (Belarusian), তারামাছ (taramach) (Bengali), морска́ звезда́ (morská zvezdá) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ရေလက်ဝါး (relak-wa:) (Burmese), ကြယ်ငါး (krai-nga:) (Burmese), estrella de mar [feminine] (Catalan), 海星 (hǎixīng) (Chinese Mandarin), deñiz yıldızı (Crimean Tatar), hvězdice [feminine] (Czech), søstjerne [common-gender] (Danish), zeester [feminine] (Dutch), marstelo (Esperanto), meritäht (Estonian), krossfiskur [masculine] (Faroese), meritähti (Finnish), étoile de mer [feminine] (French), estrela de mar [feminine] (Galician), cercela [feminine] (Galician), estrelamar [feminine] (Galician), gradicela [feminine] (Galician), ზღვის ვარსკვლავი (zɣvis varsḳvlavi) (Georgian), Seestern [masculine] (German), αστερίας (asterías) [masculine] (Greek), peʻa (Hawaiian), כּוֹכַב יָם (kokháv yam) [masculine] (Hebrew), तारा मछली (tārā machlī) [masculine] (Hindi), tengeri csillag (Hungarian), krossfiskur [feminine] (Icelandic), sæstjarna [feminine] (Icelandic), bintang laut (Indonesian), tapak-tapak (Indonesian), crosóg [feminine] (Irish), crosóg mhara [feminine] (Irish), stella di mare [feminine] (Italian), stella marina [feminine] (Italian), ヒトデ (hitode) (Japanese), 海星 (hitode) (alt: ひとで) (Japanese), ផ្កាយសមុទ្រ (phkaay saʼmot) (Khmer), ក្រ (krɑɑ) (Khmer), 불가사리 (bulgasari) (Korean), 해성 (haeseong) (alt: 海星) (Korean), ດາວທະເລ (dāo tha lē) (Lao), stella marina [feminine] (Latin), jūras zvaigzne [feminine] (Latvian), jūrų žvaigždė [feminine] (Lithuanian), мо́рска ѕве́зда (mórska dzvézda) [feminine] (Macedonian), kintandranomasina (Malagasy), tapak sulaiman (Malay), papatangaroa (Maori), pātangaroa (Maori), pātangatanga (Maori), pekapeka (Maori), далайн од (dalajn od) (Mongolian), sǫʼ łóóʼ (Navajo), êtaile dé mé [feminine] (Norman), stêra deryayê [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), sjøstjerne [common-gender] (Norwegian), ستاره دریایی (setâre-ye daryâyi) (Persian), rozgwiazda [feminine] (Polish), estrela-do-mar [feminine] (Portuguese), stea de mare [feminine] (Romanian), stea-de-mare [feminine] (Romanian), морска́я звезда́ (morskája zvezdá) [feminine] (Russian), तारामीन (tārāmīna) [neuter] (Sanskrit), морска звезда [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), звездача [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), morska zvijezda [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), zvezdača [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hviezdovka [feminine] (Slovak), morská hviezdica [feminine] (Slovak), hviezdica [feminine] (Slovak), morska zvezda [feminine] (Slovene), estrella de mar [feminine] (Spanish), sjöstjärna [common-gender] (Swedish), isdambituin (Tagalog), bituin-dagat (Tagalog), ดาวทะเล (daao-tá-lee) (Thai), ปลาดาว (bplaa-daao) (Thai), alamea (Tongan), denizyıldızı (Turkish), морська́ зі́рка (morsʹká zírka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), dengiz yulduzi (Uzbek), sao biển (Vietnamese), ים־שטערן (yam-shtern) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-starfish-en-noun-o5iGhSrD Disambiguation of Echinoderms: 37 30 24 1 4 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 28 28 1 7 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 37 20 1 6 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 32 16 1 6 6 Disambiguation of 'various echinoderms': 56 27 15 1 Disambiguation of 'various echinoderms': 56 27 15 1
  2. (obsolete) Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod. Tags: obsolete Categories (lifeform): Echinoderms
    Sense id: en-starfish-en-noun-TlsPiNLN Disambiguation of Echinoderms: 37 30 24 1 4 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 28 28 1 7 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 37 20 1 6 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 32 16 1 6 6
  3. (slang) A woman (or, less commonly, a gay man) who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lies on the back while spreading the limbs. Tags: slang Categories (lifeform): Echinoderms
    Sense id: en-starfish-en-noun-lpJ21aa- Disambiguation of Echinoderms: 37 30 24 1 4 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 28 28 1 7 7 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 31 37 20 1 6 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 39 32 16 1 6 6
  4. (vulgar, slang, usually in translations of Japanese pornography) The anus. Tags: slang, usually, vulgar Categories (topical): Pornography Synonyms: chocolate starfish
    Sense id: en-starfish-en-noun-TO8onq6H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (inactive sexual partner): cold fish, dead fish Derived forms: starfish associated densovirus, starfish-associated densovirus, starfish wasting disease
Disambiguation of 'inactive sexual partner': 38 24 36 2

Verb

IPA: /ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/ Audio: en-us-starfish.ogg [US] Forms: starfishes [present, singular, third-person], starfishing [participle, present], starfished [participle, past], starfished [past]
Etymology: star + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|star|fish}} star + fish, {{clear}} Head templates: {{en-verb}} starfish (third-person singular simple present starfishes, present participle starfishing, simple past and past participle starfished)
  1. (intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-starfish-en-verb-qy7aV-yT
  2. (transitive) To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-starfish-en-verb-zrfWlpEQ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Starfish site

Inflected forms

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          "word": "তারামাছ"
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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "hvězdice"
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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "word": "meritähti"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "étoile de mer"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "estrela de mar"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
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          "word": "cercela"
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          "roman": "zɣvis varsḳvlavi",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "asterías",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
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          "word": "αστερίας"
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          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "word": "peʻa"
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        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kokháv yam",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "כּוֹכַב יָם"
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          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "tārā machlī",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "तारा मछली"
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          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "word": "tengeri csillag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "krossfiskur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sæstjarna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "word": "bintang laut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "word": "tapak-tapak"
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        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crosóg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "crosóg mhara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stella di mare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stella marina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hitode",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "word": "ヒトデ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "alt": "ひとで",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hitode",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "word": "海星"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "phkaay saʼmot",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "word": "ផ្កាយសមុទ្រ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "krɑɑ",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "word": "ក្រ"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bulgasari",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "word": "불가사리"
        },
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          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "alt": "海星",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "haeseong",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "word": "해성"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "various echinoderms",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "stêra deryayê"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 27 15 1",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "dāo tha lē",
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        "slang"
      ]
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        "English vulgarities",
        "en:Pornography"
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        {
          "ref": "2021, Sophie Palmer, Hot Wife: Collection of Explicit Erotic Short Stories",
          "text": "Hands separated my ass cheeks while some pervert rimmed my puckered brown starfish.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The anus."
      ],
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          "anus"
        ]
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        "(vulgar, slang, usually in translations of Japanese pornography) The anus."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in translations of Japanese pornography"
      ],
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        {
          "word": "chocolate starfish"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "usually",
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/En-us-starfish.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "sea star"
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    {
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "asteroid"
    },
    {
      "sense": "inactive sexual partner",
      "word": "cold fish"
    },
    {
      "sense": "inactive sexual partner",
      "word": "dead fish"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "najmatu l-baḥri",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نَجْمَةُ اَلْبَحْرِ"
    },
    {
      "code": "afb",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "najmat il-baḥar",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "Gulf-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "نجمة البحر"
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    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "covastġ",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "ծովաստղ"
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    {
      "code": "as",
      "lang": "Assamese",
      "roman": "toramas",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "তৰামাছ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estrella de mar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "dəniz ulduzu"
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    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "itsas izar"
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    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "marskája zórka",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "марска́я зо́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "taramach",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "তারামাছ"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "morská zvezdá",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "морска́ звезда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "relak-wa:",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "ရေလက်ဝါး"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "krai-nga:",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "ကြယ်ငါး"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estrella de mar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hǎixīng",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "海星"
    },
    {
      "code": "crh",
      "lang": "Crimean Tatar",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "deñiz yıldızı"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hvězdice"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "søstjerne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zeester"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "marstelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "meritäht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "krossfiskur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "meritähti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "étoile de mer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estrela de mar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cercela"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estrelamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gradicela"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zɣvis varsḳvlavi",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "ზღვის ვარსკვლავი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Seestern"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "asterías",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αστερίας"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "peʻa"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kokháv yam",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "כּוֹכַב יָם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "tārā machlī",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "तारा मछली"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "tengeri csillag"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "krossfiskur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sæstjarna"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "bintang laut"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "tapak-tapak"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crosóg"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crosóg mhara"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stella di mare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stella marina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hitode",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "ヒトデ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひとで",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hitode",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "海星"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "phkaay saʼmot",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "ផ្កាយសមុទ្រ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "krɑɑ",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "ក្រ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bulgasari",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "불가사리"
    },
    {
      "alt": "海星",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "haeseong",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "해성"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stêra deryayê"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "dāo tha lē",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "ດາວທະເລ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stella marina"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jūras zvaigzne"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jūrų žvaigždė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mórska dzvézda",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мо́рска ѕве́зда"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "kintandranomasina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "tapak sulaiman"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "papatangaroa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "pātangaroa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "pātangatanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "pekapeka"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "dalajn od",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "далайн од"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "sǫʼ łóóʼ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "êtaile dé mé"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sjøstjerne"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "setâre-ye daryâyi",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "ستاره دریایی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozgwiazda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estrela-do-mar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stea de mare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stea-de-mare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "morskája zvezdá",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "морска́я звезда́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "tārāmīna",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "तारामीन"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "морска звезда"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
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      "word": "звездача"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morska zvijezda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zvezdača"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hviezdovka"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morská hviezdica"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hviezdica"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "morska zvezda"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "estrella de mar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sjöstjärna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "isdambituin"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "bituin-dagat"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "daao-tá-lee",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "ดาวทะเล"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bplaa-daao",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "ปลาดาว"
    },
    {
      "code": "to",
      "lang": "Tongan",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "alamea"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "denizyıldızı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "morsʹká zírka",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "морська́ зі́рка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "dengiz yulduzi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "word": "sao biển"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "yam-shtern",
      "sense": "various echinoderms",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ים־שטערן"
    }
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    "starfish"
  ],
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}

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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Polly Williams, It Happened One Summer",
          "text": "The sea roared up her nostrils, tunnelled into her ears, and flung her forward, then back, the current pulling her fingers apart, starfishing her hands.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-starfish.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/98/En-us-starfish.ogg/En-us-starfish.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/En-us-starfish.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "starfish"
  ],
  "word": "starfish"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1930",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": also written: 人手, 海盤車 vs. ひとで",
  "path": [
    "starfish"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "starfish",
  "trace": ""
}

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