asteroidian

asteroidian adjective: of or relating to the Asteroidea.

Adjective (1)

asteroidian (comparative more asteroidian, superlative most asteroidian)

Of or relating to the Asteroidea.
- These are marine asteroidian limestones forming the slopes and the plateau of Saint-Emilion.1990, Bernard Ginestet, Saint-Emilion, page 27
- This response to my innocent enough inquiry caused many in his audience to immediately question the relevance of what, beforehand, had appeared to be a significant elucidation of an aspect of asteroidian biology .2013, W.J., Jr. Adelman, J.M. Arnold, D.L. Gilbert, Squid as Experimental Animals, page 32

asteroidian (plural asteroidians)

A starfish; one of the Asteroidea.
- When considered by contribution to total biomass, the rank order was as follows: Paelopatides gigantea, a holthuroidian; Ophiomusium lymani; Zoroaster fulgens; Echinus affinis; Dyaster insignis, an asteroidian (Table 2) .1977, Baseline Report of Environmental Conditions in Deepwater Dumpsite, page 454

asteroidian (comparative more asteroidian, superlative most asteroidian)

Of or pertaining to an asteroid.
- Urey is opposed to this theory and holds the view that the asteroids are of asteroidian origin.1963, Meteorological and Geoastrophysical Abstracts - Volume 14, page 341
- However, in the end, when the asteroidian security force filed their report, all of the tenants claimed that they had seen nothing.2009, Joseth Moore, Asteropia: Book 2 of the Lunar Series, page 203

asteroidian (plural asteroidians)

One who is from or lives on an asteroid.
- But you remained conservative, A changeless asteroidian.1932, California Poets: An Anthology of 244 Contemporaries, page 706
- Whatever else can be said about the world inhabited by Lesabéndio and his fellow asteroidians, this much is certain: their proper names derive from the first sounds they emit, not from a procedure of designation akin to the establishment of technical terms, and the laws governing the waxing and...2011, Peter Fenves, The Messianic Reduction: Walter Benjamin and the Shape of Time, page 230

Quail were often kept as pets, and peacocks are for show and often used as watch-fowl in the enclaves where the wealthy asteroidian denizens lived.2021, Bob Freeman, H2LiftShips - Beyond Luna, page 105:
What gags Flora is that Rod blew the Saturnienne to protect the asteroidians against North American culture , even though that cut him off from one wife, one concubine, and one son.2014, E. Hoffmann Price, Operation Longlife, page 157:

From taxonomic name Asteroidea + -ian.

From asteroid + -ian.

What does asteroidian mean?: Asteroidian means of or relating to the Asteroidea.
How do you use asteroidian in a sentence?: Quail were often kept as pets, and peacocks are for show and often used as watch-fowl in the enclaves where the wealthy asteroidian denizens lived.
What part of speech is asteroidian?: Asteroidian can be an adjective or a noun.

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