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asteroid as a noun.  Its 3 syllables, as ter oid, are pronounced AS ter oid.  There are 2 definitions.

Definition 1 is:  One of a group of small planets or planetoids, between Mars and Jupiter, of which about 700 have been found.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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planet is a noun.  Definition 1 of 3 is:  One of the opaque bodies of the solar system that revolve around the sun as their center of motion:  classified as (ellipsis) minor (ellipsis).  Source:  An abridgement from the Practical Standard Dictionary

planetoid is a noun.  The only definition is:  One of the several hundred small planets revolving between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

minor planet is a noun.  The only definition is:  One of the several hundred planets invisible to the naked eye, revolving between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

Definition 2 is:  A starfish.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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starfish is a noun.  The only definition is:  A marine animal, especially an asteroidean, having radiating arms, commonly with a star-shaped body having five or more rays.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

Asteroidea is a noun, plural.  The only definition is:  A class or order of echinoderms, embracing the true starfishes.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

Asteroidea Asterias is a noun.

The singular possessive of asteroid is:  asteroid's.  The plural of asteroid is:  asteroids.  The plural possessive of asteroids is:  asteroids'.

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asteroid as an adjective.  There are 2 definitions.

Definition 1 is:  Star-shaped.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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Definition 2 in Botany is:  Like an aster, especially as to its flowers.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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aster is a noun.  Definition 3 of 3 in Biology is:  The star-shaped figure terminating an amphiaster or nuclear spindle.  See OVUM.  Source:  Practical Standard Dictionary

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