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Definition of Asterias

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Asterias rubens
Five-finger Five"-fin`ger, n. 1. (Bot.) See Cinquefoil. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.
Asterias rubens
But-thorn But"-thorn`, n. (Zo["o]l.) The common European starfish (Asterias rubens).
Papilio polyxenes or asterias
Papilio Pa*pil"i*o, n. [L., a butterfly.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of butterflies. Note: Formerly it included numerous species which are now placed in other genera. By many writers it is now restricted to the swallow-tailed butterflies, like Papilio polyxenes, or asterias, and related species.

Meaning of Asterias from wikipedia

- In Gr**** mythology, Asteria or Asterie (/əˈstɪəriə/ as-TEAR-ee-ə; Ancient Gr****: Ἀστερία or Ἀστερίη, romanized: Astería, Asteríē, lit. 'of the stars,...
- stars, including the (Atlantic) common starfish, Asterias rubens, and the northern Pacific seastar, Asterias amurensis. The genus contains a total of eight...
- Astrophytum asterias. Wikispecies has information related to Astrophytum asterias. Astrophytum asterias media from ARKive (in French) Astrophytum asterias on Astroweb...
- interpretation. Asterias pectinata was described from Kamchatka by Johann Friedrich Brandt in 1834 or 1835, and synonymised with Asterias amurensis by Fisher...
- Asterias solaris is a synonym of two sea star species: Asterias solaris Schreber, 1793 is Acanthaster solaris (Schreber, 1793). Asterias solaris Carpenter...
- In the Atlantic Ocean, it may alternate between parasitising Asterias forbesi and Asterias rubens during the spring and summer and the winter host may...
- stalks as they are in the otherwise similar Asterias rubens with which this species can be confused. Asterias forbesi is found in the intertidal zone of...
- "Mustelus asterias Cloquet, 1819". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2013-08-29. "Starry smoothhound (Mustelus asterias)". Fishes of...
- Asterias argonauta is a starfish native to the Pacific coasts of Far East Russia. The species was first described by Alexander Michailovitsch Djakonov...
- mythology, Asteria (/əˈstɪəriə/; Ancient Gr****: Ἀστερία, "of the stars, starry one") was a name attributed to several distinct individuals. Asteria, a minor...