seastar

As a noun seastar

is .

As a proper noun octopus is

.

As nouns the difference between clam and seastar

is that clam is a bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (species: Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (species: Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the species: Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve while seastar is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As a verb clam

is to dig for clams.

As a noun seastar

is .

As an acronym cow is

(computing).

Seastar is a derived term of starfish.

As nouns the difference between starfish and seastar

is that starfish is any of various asteroids or other echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach while seastar is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As nouns the difference between seastar and brittlestar

is that seastar is while brittlestar is .

As nouns the difference between seastar and sponge

is that seastar is while sponge is (countable) any of various marine invertebrates, mostly of the phylum porifera , that have a porous skeleton often of silica.

As a verb sponge is

(slang) to take advantage of the kindness of others.

As nouns the difference between taxonomy and seastar

is that taxonomy is the science or the technique used to make a classification while seastar is an alternative spelling of lang=en.