FEATHER STAR

Meaning of FEATHER STAR in English

noun

Etymology: so called from the superficial resemblance of the arms to feathers

: comatulid

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

FEATHER STAR — noun Date: 1862 any of an order (Comatulida) of free-swimming stalkless crinoids
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FEATHER STAR — Any of the 550 living species of crinoid echinoderms (class Crinoidea) that lack the stalk that their relatives the sea …
Английский словарь Британика
FEATHER STAR — a free-swimming crinoid. [ 1860-65 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEATHER STAR — Date: 1862 : any of an order (Comatulida) of free-swimming stalkless crinoids
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FEATHER STAR — Function: noun Date: 1862 : any of an order (Comatulida) of free-swimming stalkless crinoids
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FEATHER STAR — ■ noun an echinoderm (marine invertebrate) with a small disc-like body and long feathery arms. [Order Comatulida: many species.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
FEATHER STAR — [feather star] n (1862): any of an order (Comatulida) of free-swimming stalkless crinoids
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FEATHER STAR — any of the 550 living species of crinoid marine invertebrates of the phylum Echinodermata lacking a stalk. The arms, which …
Britannica English vocabulary
FEATHER STAR — Any of the 550 living species of crinoid echinoderms (class Crinoidea) that lack the stalk that their relatives the sea …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
FEATHER STAR — (зоология) морская лилия (Antedon)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FEATHER STAR — зоол. морская лилия ( Antedon )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FEATHER STAR — зоол. морская лилия ( Antedon )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
FEATHER STAR — зоол. морская лилия ( Antedon )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FEATHER STAR — морская лилия (Antedon)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
FEATHER STAR — морская лилия ( Antedon )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
FEATHER STAR — (зоология) морская лилия (Antedon)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
STAR — I Any massive celestial body of gas that shines by radiant energy generated inside it. The Milky Way Galaxy contains …
Английский словарь Британика
STAR — I. ˈstär, ˈstȧ(r noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra; akin to Old High German …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FEATHER — I. ˈfethə(r) noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English fether, from Old English; akin to Old High German federa wing, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STAR — — starless , adj. /stahr/ , n., adj., v., starred, starring . n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEATHER — — featherless , adj. — featherlessness , n. — featherlike , adj. /fedh"euhr/ , n. 1. one of the horny …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FEATHER — v. produce feathers; furnish with feathers, decorate with feathers, stuff with feathers; resemble a feather; move like a feather
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
STAR — I. ˈstär noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra; akin to Old High German sterno …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FEATHER — I. ˈfe-thər noun Etymology: Middle English fether, from Old English; akin to Old High German federa wing, Latin petere to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
STAR — noun the polestar; the north star. 2. star ·noun that which resembles the figure of a star, as an ornament …
Webster English vocab
FEATHER
Webster English vocab
STAR — [star] n, often attrib [ME sterre, fr. OE steorra; akin to OHG sterno star, L stella, Gk aster, astron] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FEATHER — [feath.er] n [ME fether, fr. OE; akin to OHG federa wing, L petere to go to, seek, Gk petesthai to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FEATHER — the component structure of the outer covering and flight surfaces of all modern birds. Unique to birds, feathers apparently evolved …
Britannica English vocabulary
FEATHER — feath|er BrE AmE ˈfeð |ə AmE -| ə r ▷ feath|ered əd AmE ə rd ▷ feath|ering ə r‿ɪŋ ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
STAR — / stɑː(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun IN SKY 1. [ C ] a large ball of burning …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEATHER — / ˈfeðə(r); NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun one of the many soft light parts covering a bird's body …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAR — I. star 1 S2 W2 /stɑː $ stɑːr/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: steorra ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FEATHER — I. feath ‧ er 1 /ˈfeðə $ -ər/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: fether ] …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
STAR — n. & v. --n. 1 a celestial body appearing as a luminous point in the night sky. 2 (in full …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FEATHER — n. & v. --n. 1 any of the appendages growing from a bird's skin, with a horny hollow stem and …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
STAR — n. & v. n. 1 a celestial body appearing as a luminous point in the night sky. 2 (in full …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FEATHER — n. & v. n. 1 any of the appendages growing from a bird's skin, with a horny hollow stem and …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
STAR — n. & v. --n. 1. a celestial body appearing as a luminous point in the night sky. 2 (in full …
Oxford English vocab
FEATHER — n. & v. --n. 1. any of the appendages growing from a bird's skin, with a horny hollow stem and …
Oxford English vocab
STAR — ( stars, starring, starred) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A star …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FEATHER — ( feathers) 1. A bird’s feathers are the soft covering on its body. Each feather consists of a lot of …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
STAR — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a comedy star (= a very famous comedy actor or actress ) ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FEATHER — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a feather bed (= a bed with feathers in the mattress ) as light …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
STAR — n. falling star shooting star North Star pulsating radio star Dog Star sea star Barnard's star binary star David Star …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STAR — n. Any massive celestial body of gas that shines by radiant energy generated inside it. The Milky Way Galaxy contains …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
STAR
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEATHER
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEATHER — See: BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER, TAR AND FEATHER, FINE FEATHERS DO NOT MAKE FINE BIRDS, FUSS AND FEATHERS, …
Slang English vocab
STAR — I. noun 1 small point of light in the night sky ADJECTIVE ▪ bright , brilliant ▪ faint ▪ distant …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FEATHER — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ breast , neck , tail , wing ▪ ostrich , peacock , etc. ▪ flight ▪ a …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
STAR — n. 25B6; noun the sky was full of stars : CELESTIAL BODY, heavenly body, sun; asteroid, planet. See lists. the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FEATHER — n. 25B6; noun PLUME, quill, flight feather, tail feather; Ornithology covert, plumule; ( feathers ) plumage, feathering, down.
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
STAR — 1. сущ. 1) звезда; светило bright star ≈ яркая звезда distant star ≈ далекая звезда evening star ≈ вечерняя звезда …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FEATHER — 1. сущ. 1) а) перо (у птиц) pluck feathers a feather in one's cap feather ball б) собир. или мн. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STAR — 1. stɑ: n 1. 1> звезда shooting star - метеор, падающая звезда the North /the Polar/ star - Полярная звезда …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FEATHER — feather.ogg 1. ʹfeðə n 1. перо ( птичье ) as light as a feather - лёгкий как пёрышко 2. тж. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
STAR — 1) звезда 2) звездный 3) звездочка 4) отметина 5) разветвленный 6) светило 7) связка • boundedly reducible star body — ограниченно приводимое звездное тело mixed star tree — смешанное …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
STAR — star сущ.1) звезда; светило bright star — яркая звезда distant star — далекая звезда evening star — вечерняя звезда morning …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
STAR — 1. stɑ: n 1. 1> звезда shooting star - метеор, падающая звезда the North /the Polar/ star - Полярная звезда …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
FEATHER — 1. ʹfeðə n 1. перо ( птичье ) as light as a feather - лёгкий как пёрышко 2. тж. pl …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
STAR — 1. сущ. 1) звезда; светило bright star — яркая звезда distant star — далекая звезда evening star — вечерняя звезда …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FEATHER — 1. сущ. 1) а) перо ( у птиц ) - a feather in one's cap - feather ball - pluck …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STAR — 1. сущ. 1) звезда; светило bright star — яркая звезда distant star — далекая звезда evening star — вечерняя звезда morning star — утренняя звезда stars …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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