Plural of starfish
regular plural
The plural of starfish is starfishes or starfish.
Forms of starfish
| Singular | starfish /ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | starfishes starfish /ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃ/ |
| Countable | countable |
Meaning of starfish
- noun Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.
- noun Any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.
- noun A woman (or, less commonly, a gay man) who reluctantly takes part in sexual intercourse, and lies on the back while spreading the limbs.
Questions about the plural of starfish
- What is the plural of starfish?
- The plural of starfish is starfishes or starfish.
- Is starfish countable?
- Starfish is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: starfish (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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