starfishes
USSTAR-fish-iz/ˈstɑː(ɹ)fɪʃɪz/UKSTAH-fish-iz/ˈstɑːfɪʃɪz/
- 1Plural of starfish.
Divers counted dozens of starfishes clinging to the reef.
Several starfishes washed ashore after the storm subsided.
Note
A regular -es plural that shares the field with an unmarked one: starfish can serve as its own plural, just as fish does, and both forms are accepted for the same animals. The spelling also has a second job. It is the present-tense verb form for anyone who splays out arms and legs, as when a swimmer starfishes on the water.
starfishes is a form of starfish
starfish, noun: Any of various marine echinoderms, not actually fish, that usually have five arms and often feed on shellfish or corals by pushing their stomach outward. Full entry
- Forms
- starfish also pluralstarfishes plural
- Spelling
- starfish → starfishes: add -es
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