HyperDic: sea_anemone

English > 1 sense of the expression sea anemone:
NOUNanimalsea anemone, anemonemarine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles
English > sea anemone: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningmarine polyps that resemble flowers but have oral rings of tentacles; differ from corals in forming no hard skeleton.
Synonymanemone
Member ofActiniaria, order Actiniaria, Actinaria, order Actinariasea anemones
Narroweractinia, actinian, actiniarianAny sea anemone or related animal
Broaderanthozoan, actinozoansessile marine coelenterates including solitary and colonial polyps
Spanishanémona de mar
Catalananèmona de mar, anemone de mar

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