NOUN | animal | sea anemone, anemone | marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles |
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Meaning | marine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton. | |
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Synonym | anemone | |
Member of | Actiniaria, order Actiniaria, Actinaria, order Actinaria | sea anemones |
Narrower | actinia, actinian, actiniarian | Any sea anemone or related animal |
Broader | anthozoan, actinozoan | sessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps |
Spanish | anémona de mar | |
Catalan | anèmona de mar, anemone de mar |
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