starfish.
Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
Meaning & usage
Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.
A woman (or, less commonly, a gay man) who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lies on the back while spreading the limbs.
The anus.
Where this word comes from
From star + fish.
To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish. While floating on water
To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
Where this word comes from
From star + fish.
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