starfish

As nouns the difference between planaria and starfish

is that planaria is plural of planarium while 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.

In obsolete terms the difference between worm and starfish

is that worm is any creeping or crawling animal, such as a snake, snail, or caterpillar while starfish is any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod.

As nouns the difference between worm and starfish

is that worm is a generally tubular invertebrate of the annelid phylum while 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.

As a verb worm

is to make (one's way) with a crawling motion.

As nouns the difference between starfish and arthropod

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 arthropod is an invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.

As nouns the difference between starfish and crustaceans

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 crustaceans is plural of lang=en.

In obsolete terms the difference between starfish and alligator

is that starfish is any many-armed or tentacled sea invertebrate, whether cnidarian, echinoderm, or cephalopod while alligator is one who binds or ties.

As nouns the difference between starfish and alligator

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 alligator is either of two species of large amphibious reptile, species: Alligator mississippiensis or species: Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China.

As a verb alligator is

to crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.

As nouns the difference between nuggets and starfish

is that nuggets is plural of lang=en while 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.

As nouns the difference between starfish and paramere

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 paramere is (zoology) one of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, such as a starfish.

As nouns the difference between starfish and paxillus

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 paxillus is (zoology) a kind of pillar-like spine with a flattened summit covered with minute spinules or granules, covering the surface of certain starfishes.

As a noun 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.

As an adjective starfishlike is

resembling or characteristic of a starfish.