Meaning

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

    Dornenkronenseestern

    терновый венецternovyj venec, акантастерakantaster

    терновий вінокternovyj vinok, акантастерakantaster

Translations

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Origin

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

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

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Forms

plural: crown-of-thorns starfishes / crown-of-thorns starfish

See also

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