HyperDic: actinozoan

English > 1 sense of the word actinozoan:
NOUNanimalactinozoan, anthozoansessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps
English > actinozoan: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps; the medusoid phase is entirely suppressed.
Synonymanthozoan
Member ofAnthozoa, class Anthozoa, Actinozoa, class ActinozoaA large class of sedentary marine coelenterates that includes sea anemones and corals
Narrowercoralmarine colonial polyp characterized by a calcareous skeleton
sea anemone, anemonemarine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles
sea penfleshy featherlike warm-water colonies
Broadercoelenterate, cnidarianradially symmetrical animals having saclike bodies with only one opening and tentacles with stinging structures
Spanishantozoo
Catalanantozou

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