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Definition: ASTERIAS

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A genus of echinoderms.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Asterias" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Etymology:Asterias \As*te"ri*as\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Greek expression starred, from 'asth`r star.]. (references)

Common Expressions: ASTERIAS

Expressions Definition
Stapelias asterias Stapelia of Cape Province having mostly dark red-brown flowers with flat starlike corollas. Source: Wordnet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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Extended Definition: ASTERIAS

Asterias

Asterias
Asterias rubens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Asteriidae
Genus: Asterias
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

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Asterias is a genus of the Asteriidae family of starfish. It includes several of the best-known species of sea stars, including the (Atlantic) common starfish, Asterias rubens, and the northern Pacific seastar, Asterias amurensis.

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Translations: ASTERIAS

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Greek αστερίας (Asterias). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, Asterias. (volunteer & more translations)
Greek (transliteration) asterias (Asterias). Additional references: Greek, Greece, Albania, Asterias. (volunteer & more translations)
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