starfish

(Anglès)

Noun

1. Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
2. (obsolete) Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.
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.
4. (slang, usually, vulgar) The anus.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
2. (intransitive) To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
3. (transitive) To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

From star + fish.

Conceptes

estrella de mar

Sinònims

sea star

asteroid

crucifix

five-finger

rood

shell

🐚

star

⭐

Ester

aster

seastar

cross

Traduccions

étoile de mer

estrella de mar

Seestern

estrela-do-mar

αστερίας

stella di mare

stella marina

astérie

rozgwiazda

denizyıldızı

zeester

asteria

zeesterren

estèla de mar

rozgwiazdy