Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Asterias"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Asterias \As*te"ri*as\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? starred, fr. 'asth`r
star.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of echinoderms.
Note: Formerly the group of this name included nearly all
starfishes and ophiurans. Now it is restricted to a
genus including the commonest shore starfishes.
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