Word Finder - starfish

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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.

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Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.

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A woman who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lays on her back while spreading her limbs.

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(usually in translations of Japanese pornography) The anus.

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• chocolate starfish

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To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.

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To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.

Patrick the starfish is SpongeBob's best friend.

They are the starfish proper, and have the typical genus Asterias.

We did see starfish, crabs, lobster, dead man's fingers, sponges and tube anemones and a few small fish.

Sand dollars are often used as accent pieces within a design, as are starfish.

He and his best friend, a starfish named Patrick Star, live in a community called Bikini Bottom.

Greeff enumerates, as denizens of Japanese seas, 26 kinds of seaurchins (gaze or uni) and 12 of starfish (hitode or tako-no-makura).

Towards the south this starfish disappears, it seems, completely; for it is not yet known with certainty to exist either in the Mediterranean or in the southern parts of the Atlantic Ocean.

Further, he includes in it his own Enterognathus comatulae, not from an ascidian, but from the intestine of the beautiful starfish Antedon rosaceus.

MacBride (op. cit.), who has insisted that in the fixed stage of the developing starfish, Asterina, the relations of these plates to the stem are quite different from those which they bear in the developing and adult crinoid.

Beach motifs include starfish, shells, fish, sand, sailboats and the like.

Tweens especially dig the toilet humor the show contains plenty of, as well as the random characters and storylines involving a squirrel living underwater with a scuba mask, and an emotionally fragile starfish named Patrick.

SheaShells SeaShells-Order large arrangements featuring driftwood, starfish, sunflowers, margarita glasses and more.

Or you can find a treasure in a beach themed wedding cake topper of starfish, shell, and pearl mix for the perfect finishing touch.

Those plates are perhaps constant throughout sea-urchins and starfish (though it would puzzle any one to detect them in certain Silurian echinoids), and they may be traced in some of the fixed echinoderms; but there is no proof that they represent the radials of a simple crinoid, and there are certainly many cystids in which no such plates existed.

The starfish, brittle-stars and their allies have usually been divided into two classes - Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea, each equivalent to the Holothurioidea or Echinoidea.

It includes the ancient crinoids, sea urchins, starfish and brittlestars and sea cucumbers.

Bright red starfish, giant predatory worms, huge sea spiders and many other bizarre creatures are extremely sensitive to global change.

After we went swimming we went to the sands of sound and we found two starfish and after that we started to find shells.

The stencil includes a starfish, a seahorse, two types of shell and a scroll border pattern.

Marine Life There are several reefs scattered around with urchins, sponges, starfish, octopus qnd many species of reef fish.

He asks why she bothers, when the beach is so long and the stranded starfish innumerable.

I've heard these ones are the cheetahs of the starfish family because they move fast and eat other starfish.

For example, this is the only place in England where the spiny starfish is found.

Occasionally we'd find something interesting, like a clam or small starfish.

I've heard these ones are the cheetahs of the starfish family because they move fast and eat other starfish family because they move fast and eat other starfish.

There is some dead coral, partly due to high sea temperatures and partly due to crown of thorns starfish.

They are the starfish proper, and have the typical genus Asterias (see Starfish).

The starfish, brittle-stars and their allies (see Starfish) have for the last fifty years usually been divided into two classes - Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea, each equivalent to the Holothurioidea or Echinoidea.

Crinoids are sometimes called sea lilies, but are in fact creatures related to starfish and sea urchins.

We did see starfish, crabs, lobster, dead man 's fingers, sponges and tube anemones and a few small fish.

I 've heard these ones are the cheetahs of the starfish family because they move fast and eat other starfish.

Occasionally we 'd find something interesting, like a clam or small starfish.

It has a starfish shape radiating six ridges with deep glaciated valleys.

Starfish Cottage - Falmouth - Sleeps 4 - two-bedroom, terraced cottage on the private Pendra Loweth estate.

Soane 's design includes high vaulted ceilings with his signature starfish pattern.

Cool but quite scary; also swam with stingray, angel fish, yellow tailed sturgeon fish, sea lions, parrotfish, starfish.

The Coastal Living Starfish Knob with Swarovski Crystals is a great choice.

Starfish and Seashells - This online store has a variety of interesting seashells you may not be able to find at your local arts and crafts store.

Deep, blue water, some marine life (dolphins, starfish, tropical fish, etc.), a blue sky and maybe even a sailboat would make for a lovely nursery wall mural.

This is a great design object you can scatter throughout your home and combine with other beach objects like seashells and starfish.

Chocolate, white chocolate, or peanut butter candy created in sea shell, starfish or sand dollar molds are sophisticated and offer a decadent feel.

Ask a decorator to make a fondant or gum paste angelfish, clownfish, or butterflyfish, and position it along with seahorses, starfish, sand dollars, sea anemones, or shells.

For summer months, chose a beach or water theme and add large shells such as conch or starfish along with a fish net.

Bring your favorites to a decorator, and consider fleshing out the beach theme further by adding starfish or shells made with royal icing or gum paste to your cake.

Starfish, seahorses, and sand dollars are three classic examples.

Palms trees, beach themes, tropical flowers, seashells, starfish and tropical fish and birds are common accents found on tropical themed bedding, and it isn't limited to the master bedroom either.

Whether you're working to create a tropical retreat complete with starfish, seahorses, palm trees and other tropical features, it's a fun way to bring your bathroom décor together.

This towel takes on a starfish shape when laid out flat.

Common patterns for ocean-themed towels are seashells, starfish, seahorses, tropical fish, and coral.

For instance, instead of the traditional topper, you can use a figurine shaped like a teddy bear, a castle, a pair of palm trees, a snowflake, a starfish or a symbol that is special to you.