"Acanthaster" meaning in Translingual

See Acanthaster in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + ἀστήρ (astḗr, “starfish”). Etymology templates: {{der|mul|grc|ἄκανθα||thorn}} Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=m|g2=|head=Acanthaster|nogendercat=1}} Acanthaster m
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthasteridae – certain starfish, called crown-of-thorns starfish. Tags: masculine Hypernyms (genus): Eukaryota (english: superkingdom), Animalia (english: kingdom), Bilateria (english: subkingdom), Deuterostomia (english: infrakingdom), Deuterostomia (english: superphylum), Echinodermata (english: phylum), Asterozoa (english: subphylum), Asteroidea (english: family) [class], Valvatida (english: order), Acanthasteridae (english: family) Hyponyms (genus): Acanthaster brevispinus, Acanthaster ellisi (english: now considered a subspecies of A. planci), Acanthaster planci (english: selected species)
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἄκανθα",
        "4": "",
        "5": "thorn"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + ἀστήρ (astḗr, “starfish”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "Acanthaster",
        "nogendercat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Acanthaster m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "mul",
          "name": "Taxonomic names (genus)",
          "orig": "mul:Taxonomic names (genus)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthasteridae – certain starfish, called crown-of-thorns starfish."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "english": "superkingdom",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Eukaryota"
        },
        {
          "english": "kingdom",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Animalia"
        },
        {
          "english": "subkingdom",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Bilateria"
        },
        {
          "english": "infrakingdom",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Deuterostomia"
        },
        {
          "english": "superphylum",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Deuterostomia"
        },
        {
          "english": "phylum",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Echinodermata"
        },
        {
          "english": "subphylum",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Asterozoa"
        },
        {
          "english": "family",
          "sense": "genus",
          "tags": [
            "class"
          ],
          "word": "Asteroidea"
        },
        {
          "english": "order",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Valvatida"
        },
        {
          "english": "family",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Acanthasteridae"
        }
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Acanthaster brevispinus"
        },
        {
          "english": "now considered a subspecies of A. planci",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Acanthaster ellisi"
        },
        {
          "english": "selected species",
          "sense": "genus",
          "word": "Acanthaster planci"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-Acanthaster-mul-name-AVOJYbNA",
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus#English"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family#English"
        ],
        [
          "Acanthasteridae",
          "Wikispecies:Acanthasteridae"
        ],
        [
          "starfish",
          "starfish"
        ],
        [
          "crown-of-thorns starfish",
          "crown-of-thorns starfish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Acanthaster"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἄκανθα",
        "4": "",
        "5": "thorn"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek ἄκανθα (ákantha, “thorn”) + ἀστήρ (astḗr, “starfish”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mul",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "",
        "4": "",
        "g": "m",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "Acanthaster",
        "nogendercat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Acanthaster m",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hypernyms": [
    {
      "english": "superkingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Eukaryota"
    },
    {
      "english": "kingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Animalia"
    },
    {
      "english": "subkingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Bilateria"
    },
    {
      "english": "infrakingdom",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Deuterostomia"
    },
    {
      "english": "superphylum",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Deuterostomia"
    },
    {
      "english": "phylum",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Echinodermata"
    },
    {
      "english": "subphylum",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Asterozoa"
    },
    {
      "english": "family",
      "sense": "genus",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ],
      "word": "Asteroidea"
    },
    {
      "english": "order",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Valvatida"
    },
    {
      "english": "family",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Acanthasteridae"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Acanthaster brevispinus"
    },
    {
      "english": "now considered a subspecies of A. planci",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Acanthaster ellisi"
    },
    {
      "english": "selected species",
      "sense": "genus",
      "word": "Acanthaster planci"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Translingual",
  "lang_code": "mul",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Entries using missing taxonomic name (family)",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Translingual entries with incorrect language header",
        "Translingual lemmas",
        "Translingual proper nouns",
        "Translingual terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "mul:Taxonomic names (genus)"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A taxonomic genus within the family Acanthasteridae – certain starfish, called crown-of-thorns starfish."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus#English"
        ],
        [
          "family",
          "family#English"
        ],
        [
          "Acanthasteridae",
          "Wikispecies:Acanthasteridae"
        ],
        [
          "starfish",
          "starfish"
        ],
        [
          "crown-of-thorns starfish",
          "crown-of-thorns starfish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Acanthaster"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Acanthaster meaning in Translingual (2.1kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Translingual dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-07 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (8b3c49c and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.