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词汇 starfish
释义 starfish
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈstɑː.fɪʃ/ us /ˈstɑːr.fɪʃ/pluralstarfish or starfishes
a flat animal that lives in the sea and has five arms that grow from its body in the shape of a star海星
 
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Examples from literature

Another problem for coral is an interesting kind of starfish. 
That starfish looks like a red star. 
There are sometimes too many of these starfish. 

starfish | American Dictionary


starfish
noun[ C ]
us/ˈstɑr·fɪʃ/pluralstarfish
a sea animal with five pointed parts growing out from around a circular body

Examples of starfish


starfish
Egg-jelly signal molecules for triggering the acrosome reaction in starfish spermatozoa.
Moreover, the starfish seminal fluid has a slightly higher osmolality.
Procedures for induction of spawning development of starfish oocytes.
Formation of the fertilization membrane by insemination of immature starfish oocytes pretreated with calcium-free sea water.
Shortening of microvilli during the maturation of starfish oocyte from which vitelline coat was removed.
Egg signals for triggering the acrosome reaction in starfish spermatozoa.
Marked decrease in the rigidity of starfish oocytes induced by 1-methyladenine.
Absence of 1-methyladenine production in follicle cells obtained from starfish ovaries in the postspawning season.
In starfish, the acrosome reaction is induced by the cooperative action of multiple molecules, not by each of them.
Acrosome-inducing substance purified from the egg jelly inhibits jelly-induced acrosome reaction in starfish: an apparent contradiction.
Induction of spawning and oocyte maturation by 1-methyladenine in starfish.
Spawning of starfish: action of gameteshedding substance obtained from radial nerves.
Activity of the maturation promoting factor and the extent of protein phosphorylation oscillate simultaneously during meiotic maturation of starfish oocytes.
Snoods: a periodic network containing cytokeratin in the cortex of starfish oocytes.
Mcrofilament-mediated surface change in starfish oocytes in response to 1-methyladenine: implications for identifying the pathway and receptor sites for maturation-inducing hormones.
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