Usually means: Voracious coral-eating marine echinoderm.
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▸ noun:  The crown-of-thorns starfish (frequently abbreviated to COTS), Acanthaster planci, is a large starfish that preys upon hard, or stony, coral polyps (Scleractinia).


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