étoile de mer — meaning in English

English meaning

• starfish noun A sea creature, not actually a fish, with a body typically shaped like a five-pointed star.

Senses

étoile de mer is used for these senses in English:

• dead fish (slang) A sexual partner who lies flat and unresponsive during sex.
• starfish Any of various echinoderms (not in fact fish) with usually five arms, many of which eat bivalves or corals by everting their stomach.