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Meaning of STARFISH

Pronunciation:  'stâr`fish

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  echinoderms characterized by five arms extending from a central disk
 
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 Synonyms: sea star
 
 See Also: Asteroidea, class Asteroidea, echinoderm

 

 

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Starfish
In the near future, as Earth`s energy resources are slowly depleted, a powerful corporation develops a series of genetic enhancements for the crew of a power plant located at the bottom of the ocean. After the undergoing the modification procedure, the crew members can never return to the surface. Unfortunately, an unforeseen side effect of the procedure is that it has a tendency to render the crew members into raving psychotics--not the sort of people who ought to be in control of the last viable power source on the planet.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Star"fish\, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms
   belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is
   star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number
   of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are
   often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only
   as angles to the disklike body. Called also {sea star},
   {five-finger}, and {stellerid}.
Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes.
      See {Brittle star}, and {Ophiuroidea}.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The dollar fish, or butterfish.
 
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Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Seeing a starfish in your dream, suggests a period of healing and regeneration. Alternatively indicates that you have many options to weigh and decisions to make.
 
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