Starfish and Urchins Word Search
A free Starfish and Urchins word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the habitats, species, and behaviors of an animal group, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: STARFISH, URCHIN, ECHINODERM, SPINE, TUBEFOOT, SIEVEPLATE, RADIAL, PEDICELLARIA, AMBUCRAL, REGENERATION, PLANKTON, BRITTLE.
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Starfish and Urchins word list, defined
- STARFISH /ˈstɑːrfɪʃ/ (US); /ˈstɑː(r)fɪʃ/ (UK) · noun
- A marine animal with a star-shaped body and typically five or more arms, commonly living on the sea bed. Despite its name, it is not a fish but an echinoderm related to sea urchins and brittle stars. Related: sea star, starfish.
- URCHIN /ˈɜːrtʃɪn/ · noun
- A spiny marine animal of the class Echinoidea, especially the familiar sea urchin with a rounded, often prickly shell. By extension, an urchin can be a mischievous or unruly child; the older sense referring to a hedgehog is now obsolete. Related: sea urchin, echinus, rascal, scamp.
- ECHINODERM /ɪˈkaɪnədɜːrm/ · noun
- A marine invertebrate of the phylum Echinodermata, characterized by a hard, spiny or plated skeleton and, typically, five-fold (radial) symmetry; the group includes starfish, sea urchins, sand dollars, sea cucumbers, and brittle stars. Related: sea star, starfish, sea urchin, sea cucumber.
- SPINE /spaɪn/ · noun; verb
- The spine is the flexible column of vertebrae that supports the body, protects the spinal cord, and connects the skull with the pelvis. It can also mean a sharp or rigid projection, a narrow ridge, or the central supporting part of a group, institution, or system. Related: backbone, vertebral column, backbone of an organization, central support.
- RADIAL /ˈreɪdiəl/ · adjective; noun
- Having or relating to a radius; extending outward from a central point or axis. In geometry and design, radial describes lines, parts, or forms arranged around a center. Related: circumferential, circular, radiating, ray-like.
- REGENERATION /ˌriːdʒəˈnenərəʃən/ · noun
- The process of regenerating or being regenerated, especially the natural replacement or renewal of damaged or lost body tissue. The term can also refer more broadly to the renewal of an ecosystem, resource, institution, or other system. Related: renewal, restoration, recovery, reproduction.
- PLANKTON /ˈplæŋktən/ · noun
- The collective term for organisms that drift or are carried through water, especially microscopic organisms such as phytoplankton and zooplankton. The term can also refer to such organisms collectively as a mass of biological material.
- BRITTLE /ˈbrɪt(ə)l/ · adjective
- Hard but liable to break or snap easily when subjected to force, without bending first; also used figuratively to describe someone whose manner seems firm but conceals fragility, as in a brittle temperament or brittle relationships. Related: fragile, frangible, crisp, breakable.
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