Asterias

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asterias \As*te"ri*as\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? starred, fr. 'asth`r
     star.] (Zool.)
     A genus of echinoderms.
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     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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