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"stargaser" Definition

  1. n. One who gazes at the stars; an astrologer; sometimes, in derision or contempt, an astronomer.
  2. n. Any one of several species of spiny-rayed marine fishes belonging to Uranoscopus, Astroscopus, and allied genera, of the family Uranoscopidae. The common species of the Eastern United States are Astroscopus anoplus, and A. guttatus. So called from the position of the eyes, which look directly upward.

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Position in dictionary: 94498 of 111710 words.
Word Type: n., n.,
Words that start with "stargaser": 1
Words that end with "stargaser": 1
Words that contain "stargaser": 1
Next words in dictionary: stargasing, staring, staringly, stark, starkly, starkness, starless, starlight, starlike, starling
Previous words in dictionary: starfish, starfinch, starf, starer, stared, stare, starcraft, starchy, starchwort, starchness

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