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Spell Bee Word: Starfish

Starfish (noun): a sea animal shaped like a star, with arms spreading out from its middle.


What does starfish mean?

Word: Starfish

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Starfish means a sea animal shaped like a star, with arms spreading out from its middle.

Synonyms: sea star

How do you spell starfish?

Syllables: star - fish

Tricky part: It is written as one word, with no space or hyphen between the two parts.

Watch out for: starfishe, starfisch

Memory tip: Five arms, one body, one word: never put a gap in the middle of starfish.

Starfish in a sentence

Example 1: We spotted a starfish on the wet sand at low tide.

Example 2: The starfish held on to the rock with its arms.

Example 3: Isha painted a pink starfish on her sandcastle bucket.

Fun Fact

A starfish is not really a fish: it has no backbone and no fins, so scientists often call it a sea star.

Practise the CREST Way

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) sterfish
b) octopus
c) seashell
d) dolphin

Show answer

a) sterfish. The first vowel is a, the sound you hear in park.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Dev found a starrfish near the harbour wall.

a) found
b) starrfish
c) wall
d) harbour

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b) starrfish. There is only one r in starfish.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

fhsiatrs

a) starfihs
b) starifsh
c) starfsih
d) starfish

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d) starfish. Look at the end of each choice: only one finishes with the same three letters as dish.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many arms do most starfish have?

a) four
b) five
c) eight
d) six

Show answer

b) five

2. Which of these places is home to starfish?

a) a river bank
b) a muddy lake
c) a garden pond
d) a rock pool

Show answer

d) a rock pool

Associated Words

Words that end in -fish: goldfish, clownfish, jellyfish, cuttlefish

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