(n) (1) (uk) starfish (any echinoderm of the class Asteroidea)
asteroid
sea star
(2) northern Pacific seastar (Asterias amurensis)
(n) (3) someone else's hands
other hands
(n) (4) hand (worker)
aide
(n) shorthanded
(n) (1) (uk) brittle star (any starfish-like echinoderm of the order Ophiuroidea)
brittlestar
(2) Ophioplocus japonicus (species of brittlestar)
(exp) to fall into another's hands
(exp,v5r) (1) to be murdered
(2) to be aided by someone else
to be raised by someone else
(exp,v5r) (1) to be murdered
(2) to be aided by someone else
to be raised by someone else
(exp) to add to the staff
(exp) to trouble a person