sea-star

See also: seastar and sea star

English

Alternative forms

• sea-starre

Etymology

From Middle English *sesterre, from Old English sǣsteorra (“a star which guides mariners at sea”), equivalent to sea +‎ star.

Noun

sea-star (plural sea-stars)

1. (obsolete) A star used for navigation or guidance at sea.
   • 1658: By the same number doth nature divide the circle of the Sea-Starre — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 188)

Anagrams

• Ae stars, sea rats, searats, tessara-