lingthorn
A local name for the star-fish, Luidia fragilissima (see quot. 1841).
| 1841 E. Forbes Hist. Brit. Starfishes 139 The five-armed form is there [at Scarborough] called Lingthorn by the fishermen, and is taken in deep water: but is very rare. 1843 Embleton in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. No. 11. 50. |