starfish
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starfish englanniksi
(senseid) Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
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Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.
{{quote-text|en|year=1755|translator=Isaac Kimbler|author=Erik Pontoppidan|title=Explanation of the Plate of Uncommon Star Fish, Extracted from the Natural History of Norway
A woman (or, less commonly, a gay man) who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lies on the back while spreading the limbs.
(senseid) The anus. (C)
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To assume a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.
{{quote-text|en|year=1981|author=Kit Reed|title=Magic Time|page=229
While floating on water
To form into a splayed-out shape, like that of a starfish.