sun star

American  

noun

1. any starfish of the genus Solaster, inhabiting cold and temperate waters off both U.S. coasts.

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Etymology

Origin of sun star

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

One specimen, an Antarctic sun star or Solaster regularis, had a smaller, partially digested starfish of the species Anasterias antarcticus in its mouth.

From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2023

Tara," continued Strong, "is your destination—a planet like Earth in many respects, in orbit around the sun star Alpha Centauri.

From Danger in Deep Space by Glanzman, Louis

Like a gleaming diamond on the black velvet of space, the sun star Wolf 359 loomed ahead of the giant fleet, solitary and alone in its magnificence.

From The Space Pioneers by Glanzman, Louis

In astronomy, it is an arc of the horizon intercepted between the true east or west points thereof, and the centre of the sun, star, or planet, at its rising or setting.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

Meanwhile, high in the heavens above Tara, six Earthmen blasted into the flaming brilliance of the sun star.

From Danger in Deep Space by Glanzman, Louis