Asterinidae

plural noun

As·​ter·​in·​i·​dae

-ˈrinəˌdē

: a widely distributed family of usually pentagonal quite flat starfishes

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Asterina, type genus (from Greek aster-, astēr star, starfish + New Latin -ina) + -idae

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