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  • Scientists have discovered a very unique colony of tens of millions of starfish-like creatures.

    CNN Transcript May 19, 2008 2008

  • The very first thing you see, on opening the book, is a fleshy and pointed starfish-like creature, but with too many points.

    Review of the day: Zoom by Istan Banyai fusenumber8 2006

  • The very first thing you see, on opening the book, is a fleshy and pointed starfish-like creature, but with too many points.

    Archive 2006-02-01 fusenumber8 2006

  • She also has pictures of oil-choked bottom-dwelling creatures like crabs and brittle stars - starfish-like critters that are normally bright orange but now are pale and dead.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Composita were two organisms: a colony of tiny marine invertebrates called edrioasteroid, with the bryozoans creating an almost complete ring around the starfish-like echinoderm.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Brian Switek none@example.com 2010

  • It's a large shrub with an open, horizontal shape, greenish-blue, heart-shaped leaves and burgundy, starfish-like flowers.

    The Seattle Times 2010

  • Everyday life does not go ignored, and when Shiina and Akira look like they're just hanging around town, the starfish-like creatures Hoshimaru and Ensof are still nearby, hinting at the bizarre secret world that's closing in on the girls.

    Anime News Network 2009

  • If Shiina and her mystical, starfish-like pet Hoshimaru don't respond quickly, Akira could become the next victim for a group of sinister teenagers who know all too well how to use those strange creatures ... the Dragon's Children.

    Anime News Network 2009

  • Scientists tell us that we are emotionally programmed to fall in love with babies: specifically with their peekaboo eye pug noses, rosebud mouths and starfish-like fingers that wave at us from their cradles and bassinets

    AvaxHome RSS: 2009

  • If Shiina and her mystical, starfish-like pet Hoshimaru don't respond quickly, Akira could become the next victim for a group of sinister teenagers who know all too well how to use those strange creatures ... the Dragon's Children.

    Anime News Network 2009

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