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Interradial :: Interradial (a.) Between the radii, or rays; -- in zoology, said of certain parts of radiate animals; as, the interradial plates of a starfish..

Tangle :: Tangle (v.) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, -- used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea..

Pedicellaria :: Pedicellaria (n.) A peculiar forcepslike organ which occurs in large numbers upon starfishes and echini. Those of starfishes have two movable jaws, or blades, and are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix..

Tooth :: Tooth (n.) Any hard calcareous or chitinous organ found in the mouth of various invertebrates and used in feeding or procuring food; as, the teeth of a mollusk or a starfish..

Five-finger :: Five-finger (n.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens..

Ossicle :: Ossicle (n.) One of numerous small calcareous structures forming the skeleton of certain echinoderms, as the starfishes..

Ray :: Ray (n.) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran..

Stelliferous :: Stelleridean (n.) A starfish, or brittle star..

Stelleridan :: Stellerida (n. pl.) An extensive group of echinoderms, comprising the starfishes and ophiurans..

Crossfish :: Crossfish (n.) A starfish.

Adambulacral :: Adambulacral (a.) Next to the ambulacra; as, the adambulacral ossicles of the starfish..

Stellerida :: Stellerid (n.) A starfish.

Ophiura :: Ophiura (n.) A genus of ophiurioid starfishes.

Sea Pincushion :: Sea pincushion () A pentagonal starfish.

Typhlosole :: Typhlosole (n.) A fold of the wall which projects into the cavity of the intestine in bivalve mollusks, certain annelids, starfishes, and some other animals..

But-thorn :: But-thorn (n.) The common European starfish (Asterias rubens).

Asteridea :: Asteridea (n. pl.) A class of Echinodermata including the true starfishes. The rays vary in number and always have ambulacral grooves below. The body is star-shaped or pentagonal.

Sea Star :: Sea star () A starfish, or brittle star..

Brittle Star :: Brittle star () Any species of ophiuran starfishes. See Ophiuroidea.

Papula :: Papula (n.) One of the numerous small hollow processes of the integument between the plates of starfishes.

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