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.
