Asteroidea

[as-tuh-roi-dee-uh]

noun

1. the class comprising the starfishes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Asteroidea¹

< New Latin, equivalent to Aster ( ias ) a starfish genus (< Greek asterías starry, derivative of astḗr star ) + -oidea -oidea

Example Sentences

That much is apparent on “Asteroidea,” its engrossing debut album of free improvisations, released in October.

From New York Times

He recently joined two other serious talents — the pianist Kris Davis and the drummer Eric McPherson — to form the Borderlands Trio, which released its debut this year, the freely improvised “Asteroidea.”

From New York Times

To this point we shall recur; palaeontology, though it suggests a clue, does not furnish an actual link either between Echinoidea and Asteroidea, or between those classes and Pelmatozoa.

From Project Gutenberg