asteroidian
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to the Asteroidea.
noun
A starfish; one of the Asteroidea.
adj
Of or pertaining to an asteroid.
Example Sentences
- "These are marine asteroidian limestones forming the slopes and the plateau of Saint-Emilion."
- "This response to my innocent enough inquiry caused many in his audience to immediately question the relevance of what, beforehand, had appeared to be a significant elucidation of an aspect of asteroidian biology ."
- "When considered by contribution to total biomass, the rank order was as follows: Paelopatides gigantea, a holthuroidian; Ophiomusium lymani; Zoroaster fulgens; Echinus affinis; Dyaster insignis, an asteroidian (Table 2) ."
- "Urey is opposed to this theory and holds the view that the asteroids are of asteroidian origin."
- "However, in the end, when the asteroidian security force filed their report, all of the tenants claimed that they had seen nothing."
- "Quail were often kept as pets, and peacocks are for show and often used as watch-fowl in the enclaves where the wealthy asteroidian denizens lived."
Etymology
From taxonomic name Asteroidea + -ian.