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asteroidean

asteroidean noun: any starfish of the class Asteroidea.

Noun

asteroidean (plural asteroideans)

  1. Any starfish of the class Asteroidea
    • Astaxanthin (ATX), one of the most common carotenoids, is widely distributed in the red pigment of shrimp, salmon, crab and asteroidean [ 1, 2 ].2015 July 14, Li Zhang, Handong Wang, Orazio Taglialatela-Scafati, “Multiple Mechanisms of Anti-Cancer Effects Exerted by Astaxanthin”, in Marine Drugs, volume 13, →DOI

Forms of asteroidean

pluralasteroideans

Origin of asteroidean

From taxonomic name Asteroidea + -an.

Questions about asteroidean

What does asteroidean mean?
Asteroidean means any starfish of the class Asteroidea.
What part of speech is asteroidean?
Asteroidean is a noun.
What is the plural of asteroidean?
The plural of asteroidean is asteroideans.

Words near asteroidean in the dictionary

  1. asteroid
  2. asteroid belt
  3. asteroid belts
  4. Asteroid Victoria
  5. asteroidal
  6. asteroidean
  7. asteroideans
  8. asteroidian
  9. asteroidians
  10. asteroidlike
  11. asteroids

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