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crown-of-thorns starfish

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
crown-of-thorn-s s-tarfish
IPA
38
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
5
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A large (25-35 cm full grown) starfish with venomous thornlike spines that cover its upper surface, Acanthaster planci.

Etymology

From the spines on the top of this starfish that resemble the biblical crown of thorns.

Inflected Forms

crown-of-thorns starfishes (plural)

Questions

What does crown-of-thorns starfish mean?
A large (25-35 cm full grown) starfish with venomous thornlike spines that cover its upper surface, Acanthaster planci.
Where does crown-of-thorns starfish come from?
From the spines on the top of this starfish that resemble the biblical crown of thorns.

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