ASTERINIDAE


Meaning of ASTERINIDAE in English

-ˈrinəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a widely distributed family of usually pentagonal quite flat starfishes

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